DARK CLOUDS: The economics ministry said it is disappointed Taiwan has not been taken off the US’ sanctions list and would continue to seek trade talks

Taipei Times
Date: Mar 24, 2018
By: Kuo Chia-erh  /  Staff reporter

The nation’s industrial production index fell 1.93 percent annually last month, as there were fewer workdays during the Lunar New Year holiday, but still rose 4.63 percent in the first two months from a year earlier, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.

“Generally, there has been a general uptrend in industrial production since May 2016,” Department of Statistics Deputy

Director-General Wang Shu-chuan (王淑娟) told a news conference in Taipei.

The industrial production index gauges output in Taiwan’s five main industries: manufacturing, mining and quarrying, electricity and gas supply, water supply and architectural engineering.    [FULL  STORY]