Taiwan acquired export orders totaling US$37.66 billion in worth in April 2019, reducing 2.4% sequentially and three.7% on yr, in line with the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
IT/communication merchandise and digital merchandise have been the highest two classes in export order worth, with the previous producing US$10.53 billion and the latter US$9.72 billion.
The export order worth for January-April totaled US$145.64 billion, slipping 7.2% on yr.
Meanwhile, MOEA accepted 193 initiatives of direct funding in China proposed by Taiwan-based traders totaling US$1.458 billion throughout January-April 2019. The funding sum dropped 45.52% on yr, reflecting the influence from the US-China commerce disputes, MOEA famous.
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MOEA: Taiwan principal export markets by worth (US$b) |
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Market |
Apr 2019 |
Jan-Apr 2019 |
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Amount |
Proportion of complete |
Y/Y |
Amount |
Proportion of complete |
Y/Y |
|
|
US |
10.25 |
27.2% |
(6.0%) |
40.08 |
27.5% |
(6.7%) |
|
China plus HK |
9.51 |
25.3% |
(9.9%) |
36.55 |
25.1% |
(13.0%) |
|
Europe |
7.67 |
20.4% |
5.5% |
28.97 |
19.9% |
(3.8%) |
|
Japan |
2.20 |
5.8% |
4.4% |
8.61 |
5.9% |
(1.0%) |
|
Six ASEAN international locations |
3.46 |
9.2% |
(11.4%) |
13.75 |
9.4% |
(12.6%) |
Source: MOEA, compiled by Digitimes, May 2019
