Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/08
By: Chiu Po-sheng and Frances Huang
Taipei, July 8 (CNA) Taiwan will need successful launches of new electronics gadgets by
CUPERTINO, United States – Photo shows the iPhone 6 (L) and iPhone 6 Plus with screen sizes of 4.7 inches (about 12 centimeters) and 5.5 inches, respectively, unveiled by Apple Inc. on Sept. 9, 2014, in Cupertino, California. The new smartphones will be able to facilitate the company’s new mobile payment system called Apple Pay. They will go on sale in 10 regions, including Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore on Sept. 19. (Kyodo)
international brands to stimulate global demand if it hopes to reverse its current export slowdown, the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) said Friday.
One of the most anticipated launches, the BOFT said, is Apple Inc.’s unveiling of its new iPhones in the second half of this year, which could help Taiwan’s exports because many domestic vendors are Apple suppliers.
These Apple suppliers, including Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (鴻海), the world’s largest contract electronics maker, account for about 40 percent of the total market capitalization of Taiwan’s stock market.
The BOFT’s comments came after Taiwan reported that its exports in June fell 2.1 percent from a year earlier. It was the 17th consecutive month in which exports fell, the longest export slump in the country’s history. [FULL STORY]
