Oct 21, 2015
Taiwan received export orders worth US$41.35 billion in September 2015, increasing 18.0% on month but decreasing 4.5% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
IT/communication products and electronic products were the top two categories in terms of export order value for September, the former generating US$13.55 billion and the latter US$10.53 billion.
The export order value for the third quarter reached US$112.66 billion, growing 2.7% sequentially but shrinking 5.9% on year, while the January-September total slipped 3.1% on year to US$329.71 billion.
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MOEA: Taiwan's main export markets (US$b) |
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Market |
Sep 2015 |
Jan-Sep 2015 |
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Export value |
Share of total |
Y/Y |
Export value |
Share of total |
Y/Y |
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US |
11.43 |
27.6% |
0.6% |
90.03 |
27.3% |
9.3% |
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China (including HK) |
9.38 |
22.7% |
(9.8%) |
80.08 |
24.3% |
(9.1%) |
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Europe |
9.28 |
22.4% |
1.8% |
61.84 |
18.8% |
1.6% |
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Japan |
2.77 |
6.7% |
(16.7%) |
22.85 |
6.9% |
(21.2%) |
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Six ASEAN countries |
4.29 |
10.4% |
(5.4%) |
37.93 |
11.5% |
(5.7%) |
Source: MOEA, compiled by Digitimes, October 2015
Source: Digitimes