Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/06/20
By: Liao Yu-yang and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, June 20 (CNA) Export orders received by Taiwan-based companies fell for the seventh consecutive month in May due to the impact of trade friction between the United States and China on global economic growth, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Thursday.

Export orders in May dropped 5.8 percent from a year earlier to US$38.72 billion, after a 3.7 percent year-on-year fall in March, according to data compiled by the MOEA.

On a month-on-month basis, the May figure was up 2.8 percent but after seasonal adjustments that represented a fall of 0.2 percent, the data indicates.

In the first five months of the year, export orders were down 6.9 percent from a year earlier to US$184.36 billion, the data showed.    [FULL  STORY]