Taiwan received export orders worth US$30.837 billion in September 2009, the highest since November 2008. The value represents a 9.01% sequential increase but a 3% on-year decrease, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on October 23.
Electronic and IT/communications products were the top two categories in terms of value, with the former generating US$7.716 billion in September and US$55.365 billion in January-September and the latter US$7.695 billion and US$54.218 billion respectively.
The export order value for January-September totaled US$227.701 billion, down 18.01% on year.
MOEA also released statistics on Taiwan's industrial production (manufacturing, quarry & mining, construction, electricity/gas/water supply industries) indexes, with September production value rising by 4.91% on month and by 1.01% on year and January-September value dropping by 18.05% on year.
| MOEA: Taiwan export orders, September and January-September 2009 (US$b) | ||||||
| Market | September | January-September | ||||
| Value | Proportion | Y/Y | Value | Proportion | Y/Y | |
| China (including Hong Kong) | 8.262 | 26.79% | 9.44% | 61.435 | 26.98% | (4.96%) |
| US | 6.606 | 21.42% | (10.60%) | 51.833 | 22.76% | (18.99%) |
| Europe | 5.708 | 18.51% | (13.44%) | 40.131 | 17.62% | (20.89%) |
| Japan | 3.574 | 11.59% | (3.56%) | 23.266 | 10.22% | (17.27%) |
Source: MOEA, compiled by Digitimes, October 2009
