Taiwan received export orders worth US$37.93 billion in total in August 2016, increasing 8.3% on month and on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on September 22.
IT/communication products and electronic products were the top two categories in terms of export order value for August, generating US$10.52 billion and US$10.44 billion.
The total export order value for January-August stood at US$274.03 billion, dropping 5.0% on year.
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MOEA: Taiwan main export markets by export order value (US$b), August 2016 | ||||||
| Market | August 2016 | January-August 2016 | ||||
| Amount | Proportion of total | Y/Y | Amount | Proportion of total | Y/Y | |
| US | 10.92 | 28.8% | 15.1% | 76.81 | 28.0% | (2.3%) |
| China plus Hong Kong | 9.77 | 25.8% | 12.8% | 67.39 | 24.6% | (4.7%) |
| Europe | 5.88 | 15.5% | 5.6% | 49.61 | 18.1% | (5.6%) |
| Japan | 2.41 | 6.4% | (9.5%) | 15.76 | 5.8% | (21.5%) |
| Six ASEAN* countries together | 4.52 | 11.9% | 2.5% | 34.09 | 12.4% | 1.3% |
*Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Source: MOEA, compiled by Digitimes, September 2016
