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FILED AS OF DATE:		20160520
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160520

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001033767
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			F5
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15128
		FILM NUMBER:		161664724

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8F, NO.68, SEC. 1, NEIHU RD.,
		CITY:			TAIPEI
		STATE:			F5
		ZIP:			11493
		BUSINESS PHONE:		886-2-2658-9168

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8F, NO.68, SEC. 1, NEIHU RD.,
		CITY:			TAIPEI
		STATE:			F5
		ZIP:			11493
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM SD
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Specialized Disclosure Report </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>United
Microelectronics Corporation (&#147;UMC&#148;) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization: Taiwan, R.O.C. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Address of principal executive offices&nbsp;&amp; Zip Code: No.3, Li-Hsin Road. II, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu City, Taiwan 30077, R.O.C. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Commission File Number: 001-15128 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Name and telephone
number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report: Michael Chaing, telephone number:886-3-5782258 Ext.37318 or 8637318 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box to
indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;1-Conflict Minerals Disclosures </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with the execution of this SD Form, UMC has concluded in good faith that during 2015: </P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">UMC is a manufacturer and seller of patterned semiconductor wafers and/or die cut from such wafers. Various materials, inclusive of but not limited to tantalum, tin, gold and tungsten (&#147;Conflict Minerals&#148;) are
necessary to the functionality or production of such semiconductor wafers manufactured by UMC or contracted by UMC to be manufactured. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">In addition to a supply chain control system supervising all new and existing material suppliers&#146; and contractors&#146; Conflict Minerals usages, UMC has adopted an &#147;EICC-GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting
Template&#148; created by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), which is consistent with EICC&#146;s and GeSI&#146;s Conflict Free Smelter (CFS) Program and other similar activities,
when conducting a country origin inquiry regarding those Conflict Minerals utilized by UMC and UMC&#146;s contractors. UMC had also joined the membership of CFSI (Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative founded by members of the EICC and the GeSI) and
conducted the supply chain&#146;s on-site auditing activities to check the suppliers&#146; and contractors&#146; relevant data. All the aforesaid membership and implemented mechanisms enhance UMC&#146;s supply chain management with information
reasonably necessary for the compliance with the rules and regulations in relation to the Conflict Minerals. After the reasonable country origin inquiry and auditing activities, UMC is of the opinions that Conflict Minerals utilized by UMC and
UMC&#146;s contractors did not originate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (&#147;DRC&#148;) or an adjoining country (together with DRC, the &#147;Covered Countries&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">UMC caused its following consolidated subsidiary companies to perform a country origin inquiry similar to that described in above paragraph (b). All these consolidated subsidiary companies determine that Conflict
Minerals utilized by them and their contractors did not originate in the Covered Countries. Responses from these consolidated subsidiary companies are summarized as follows: </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:118.95pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Name of UMC subsidiary companies</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:91.35pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Necessary Conflict Minerals</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Is the country of origin</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:73.60pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">&#147;Covered Countries&#148; ?</P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top">Wavetek Microelectronics Corp.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">tantalum, gold, tungsten</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">NO</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">NexPower Technology Corp.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">gold, tin</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">NO</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Unistars Corporation Ltd.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">gold, tin</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">NO</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">He Jian Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">tungsten</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">NO</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;2-Available internet website link for this Conflict Minerals Disclosures: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Form SD is posted on UMC&#146;s publicly available internet website at: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">English version: http://www.umc.com/English/CSR/c_3.asp </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chinese version: http://www.umc.com/chinese/CSR/c_3.asp </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, UMC has duly caused this Form SD to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized
undersigned. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">UMC </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Po Wen Yen</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Printed&nbsp;Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Po Wen Yen</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">May 20, 2016</TD></TR>
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