Taiwan received export orders worth US$35.61 billion in total in April 2017, decreasing 13.4% on month but increasing 7.4% on year which was on-year growth for the ninth consecutive month, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on May 22.
IT/communication products and electronic products were the top two categories in terms of export order value for April, with the former generating US$10.22 billion and the latter US$9.09 billion.
The total export order value of US$146.46 billion for January-April grew 11.3% on year and was the historically highest level for the same period.
| MOEA: Taiwan main export markets by export order value (US$b) | ||||||
| Market | April 2017 | January-April 2017 | ||||
| Amount | Proportion of total | Y/Y | Amount | Proportion of total | Y/Y | |
| US | 9.95 | 27.9% | 6.0% | 40.44 | 27.6% | 11.3% |
| China plus Hong Kong | 9.30 | 26.1% | 13.8% | 37.48 | 25.6% | 18.6% |
| Europe | 6.93 | 19.5% | 19.0% | 28.54 | 19.5% | 10.6% |
| Japan | 2.02 | 5.7% | 7.6% | 8.08 | 5.5% | 12.7% |
| Six ASEAN* countries together | 3.72 | 10.4% | (15.1%) | 15.33 | 10.5% | (7.4%) |
*Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Source: MOEA, compiled by Digitimes, May 2017
