Taipei Times
Date: Sep 11, 2017
By: Staff writer, with CNA

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) is optimistic about Taiwan’s export performance for a second half of this year after the year-on-year increase in outbound sales last month for the 11th consecutive month.

The Bureau of Foreign Trade on Friday said that Taiwan is riding waves of solid global demand and enjoying a strong performance in exports at a time when the world’s economy is on the path of recovery.

Exports increased 12.7 percent year-on-year to US$27.77 billion last month, the highest in almost three years, according to Ministry of Finance trade data.

In the first eight months of this year, exports totaled US$202.59 billion, up 12.5 percent from a year earlier, the data showed.    [FULL  STORY]