| 8. | ASSETS PLEDGED AS COLLATERAL |
| As of December 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | 2017 |
Party to which asset(s) was pledged |
Purpose of pledge |
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| NT$ | NT$ | |||||||||||
| (In Thousands) | (In Thousands) | |||||||||||
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Refundable Deposits (Time deposit) |
$ | 815,195 | $ | 818,195 |
Customs |
Customs duty guarantee |
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Refundable Deposits (Time deposit) |
251,231 | 246,008 |
Science Park Administration |
Collateral for land lease |
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Refundable Deposits (Time deposit) |
— | 20,991 |
Science Park Administration |
Collateral for dormitory lease |
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Refundable Deposits (Time deposit) |
— | 800 |
Science Park Administration |
Industry-university cooperative research project performance guarantees |
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Refundable Deposits (Time deposit) |
37,084 | 37,084 |
Liquefied Natural Gas Business Division, CPC Corporation, Taiwan |
Energy resources guarantee |
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Refundable Deposits (Time deposit) |
870 | — |
National Pingtung University of Science and Technology |
Guarantee for engineering project |
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Refundable Deposits (Time deposit) |
286 | — |
Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs |
Energy resources guarantee |
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| Buildings | 138,063 | 6,083,976 |
Taiwan Cooperative Bank and Secured Syndicated Loans from China Development Bank and 6 others |
Collateral for long-term loans |
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| Machinery and equipment | 234,499 | 32,428,768 |
Taiwan Cooperative Bank, Mega International Commercial Bank and Secured Syndicated Loans from China Development Bank and 6 others |
Collateral for long-term loans |
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| Other noncurrent assets | — | 323,001 |
Secured Syndicated Loans from China Development Bank and 6 others |
Collateral for long-term loans |
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Total |
$ | 1,477,228 | $ | 39,958,823 | ||||||||
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