GROWTH TRACK:The index reached a record 115.81 last month, as the manufacturing sector gained 4.03 percent, buoyed by rush orders for ICs, flat panels and machinery

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 23, 2017
By: Lauly Li / Staff reporter

Industrial production expanded 3.25 percent year-on-year last month, beating the government’s estimate of 1 percent growth, on robust growth in electronic components and machinery goods, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.

The industrial production index reached 115.81, the highest since the ministry started collecting the data in 1953, the ministry said.

The manufacturing sector, which contributed 92.76 percent to industrial output, gained 4.03 percent annually last month, it said.

The manufacturing production index also hit a record high of 117.21, the ministry’s data showed.    [FULL  STORY]