BEIJING, Jan. 14-- Trade values between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan reached 198.31 billion U.S. dollars last year, up 0.6 percent year on year, a mainland spokesman said here on Wednesday.

Exports from the mainland to Taiwan hit 46.28 billion U.S. dollars, while imports from Taiwan was worth about 152 billion U.S. dollars, said the spokesman with the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.