UPWARD TREND:Orders of semiconductors, passive components, information and communication products and electronic goods all saw a significant annual increase

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 21, 2016
By: Lauly Li / Staff reporter

The nation’s export orders last month expanded 3.9 percent year-on-year and 13.3 percent month-on-month to US$42.96 billion, marking their second consecutive monthly increase, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.

“Last month’s increase was mainly driven by Apple Inc’s iPhone 7 series and other smartphone brands’ mid and low-end models,” Department of Statistics Director-General Lin Lee-jen (林麗貞) told a news conference.

The launch of the Apple Watch series 2 also lent support to export orders last month, Lin added.

Lin said the orders of semiconductors, passive components, information and communication products, electronic goods and basic metal products all saw a significant increase last month from the same period last year.     [FULL  STORY]