Taiwan recorded total export value of US$22.54 billion for September 2015, decreasing 5.8% on month and 14.6% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$17.30 billion fell 13.4% on month and 24.4% on year, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF).
Among different categories of Taiwan-made products, electronics had the largest export value of US$8.014 billion in September, slipping 2.0% on month and 9.9% on year.
The total export value of US$212.40 billion and total import value of US$173.84 billion for January-September dropped 9.4% and 16.5% respectively on year.
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MOF: Taiwan exports (US$m) |
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Export market |
Sep 2015 |
Jan-Sep 2015 |
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Export value |
Proportion of total |
Trade balance |
Export value |
Proportion of total |
Trade balance |
|
|
China plus HK |
8,520 |
37.8% |
4,940 |
82,381 |
38.8% |
48,507 |
|
Six ASEAN |
4,030 |
17.9% |
1,789 |
38,275 |
18.0% |
16,569 |
|
US |
2,878 |
12.8% |
1,068 |
25,928 |
12.2% |
6,599 |
|
Europe |
2,173 |
9.6% |
169 |
19,163 |
9.0% |
(2,006) |
|
Japan |
1,567 |
6.9% |
(1,561) |
14,454 |
6.8% |
(14,719) |
Source: MOF, compiled by Digitimes, October 2015
