Taiwan received export orders worth US$43.62 billion in total in November 2016, increasing 2.2% on month and 7.0% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on December 20.
IT/communication products and electronic products were the top two categories in terms of export order value for November, generating US$14.58 billion and US$11.75 billion.
The total export order value for January-November stood at US$403.30 billion, dropping 2.4% on year.
| MOEA: Taiwan main export markets by export order value, November 2016 (US$b) | ||||||
| Market | November 2016 | January-November 2016 | ||||
| Amount | Proportion of total | Y/Y | Amount | Proportion of total | Y/Y | |
| US | 12.97 | 29.7% | 10.1% | 115.63 | 28.7% | 0.6% |
| China plus Hong Kong | 10.25 | 23.5% | 11.0% | 96.95 | 24.0% | (1.2%) |
| Europe | 9.77 | 22.4% | 3.3% | 78.32 | 19.4% | (2.8%) |
| Japan | 2.14 | 4.9% | (0.4%) | 22.50 | 5.6% | (18.4%) |
| Six ASEAN* countries together | 4.52 | 10.4% | 2.2% | 47.69 | 11.8% | 2.0% |
*Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Source: MOEA, compiled by Digitimes, December 2016
