Taiwan received export orders worth US$35.69 billion in total in April 2013, decreasing by 0.4% on month and by 1.1% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on May 20.
IT/communication products and electronic products were the top two categories in terms of export order value for April, with the former generating US$8.85 billion and the latter US$8.37 billion.
The January-April export order value stood at US$137.70 billion, slipping on year by 1.6%.
| MOEA: Taiwan's main markets for export orders by total value (US$b) | ||||||
| Market | April 2013 | January-April 2013 | ||||
| Amount | Proportion | Y/Y | Amount | Proportion | Y/Y | |
| China (including Hong Kong) | 9.84 | 27.6% | 6.2% | 35.84 | 26.0% | 1.6% |
| US | 8.78 | 24.6% | 4.9% | 33.32 | 24.2% | 0.4% |
| Europe | 6.05 | 17.0% | (6.7%) | 24.92 | 18.1% | (1.4%) |
| Japan | 2.72 | 7.6% | (20.0%) | 11.24 | 8.2% | (14.4%) |
Source: MOEA, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013
