Budget
According to statistics published by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, Taiwan, for Fiscal Year 2011, the budget for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is equivalent to approx. 10.37% of the budget for the Ministry of National Defense (MND). The MND budget for 2011 has been announced to be US$ 9.2 billion. Hence, an estimated MOFA budget figure for Fiscal Year 2011 is US$ 954 million.
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