Saint Vincent and the Grenadines–Taiwan relations

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Taiwan
Diplomatic mission
Embassy of St. Vincent, Taipei [zh]	Embassy of Taiwan, Kingstown [zh]
Envoy
AmbassadorAndrea Bowman	AmbassadorFiona Fan [zh]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines–Taiwan relations refers tobilateral relations betweenSaint Vincent and the Grenadines and theRepublic of China.

On 15 August 1981, thePrime Minister of Saint VincentMilton Cato visited Taiwan and signed a communiqué with thePremier of TaiwanSun Yun-suan, officially establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.^[1]

In August 2016, Leader of theNew Democratic PartyArnhim Eustace held a press conference, where he announced the party's intention to switch relations to thePeople's Republic of China if it became the ruling party.^[2] Then in October, during an event celebratingTaiwanese National Day, Taiwanese presidentTsai Ing-wen met with Vincentian Prime MinisterRalph Gonsalves where they walked side by side to dissuade rumors of a diplomatic split.^[3] In November 2016, Eustace resigned from his post as party leader, and new leaderGodwin Friday announced that he will not make changes to the country's diplomatic relations with Taiwan.^[4][5]

On 24 March 1983, the Taiwanese government established an embassy at the Vincentian capital ofKingstown. On 8 August 2019, the Vincentian government established its embassy inTaipei, which is also its first inAsia.^[6]

The following list includes agreements that have been signed between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Taiwan:^[7]

Trade Volume between Saint Vincent and Taiwan (inUSD)^[8]

Year	Trade volume	Annual change	Ranking	Taiwan → SVG	Annual change	Ranking	SVG → Taiwan	Annual change	Ranking
2022	1,019,041	24.97%	192	999,575	26.37%	177	19,466	2766.86%	198
2023	355,747	65.09%	201	258,707	74.12%	196	97,040	398.51%	180
2024	1,142,876	221.261%	189	1,095,573	323.480%	174	47,303	51.254%	234

Taiwan's main exports to Saint Vincent includeventilators,synthetic fiber fabrics,fertilizer,air compressor, chairs, and spraying equipment.^[9] Saint Vincent's main exports to Taiwan includespectrum analyzers andwaste paper.^[9]

• List of ambassadors of the Republic of China to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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