Taipei Times
Date:  Apr 01, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Taiwan was ranked as the third-largest integrated circuit exporter in the world in 2016, overtaking Singapore, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday.

In its latest report on global IC exports, the ministry said that Taiwan’s outbound semiconductor sales increased by an annual 10.6 percent in 2016 to US$86.12 billion.

The figure accounted for 13.6 percent of the global IC exports in 2016 and lifted Taiwan one notch higher in the world rankings to third place, displacing Singapore, the ministry said.

The increase in Taiwan’s IC exports reflected higher global demand for mobile devices, the Internet of Things, automotive electronics, high-performance computing and other applications, the ministry said.    [FULL  STORY]