Taiwan received export orders with a total value of US$38.986 billion in March 2011, the highest monthly figure on record with on-month growth of 35.03% and on-year growth of 13.37%, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on April 20.
IT/communication products and electronic products were the top two categories in terms of export order value for March, with the former generating US$9.774 billion and the latter US$8.912 billion.
The value for January-March stood at US$102.317 billion, rising 11.01% on year.
| Taiwan export orders: Breakdown by main markets, March 2011 (US$b) |
| Market | March 2011 | January-March 2011 |
| Amount | Proportion | Y/Y | Amount | Proportion | Y/Y |
| China (including Hong Kong) | 10.221 | 26.22% | 4.19% | 26.799 | 26.19% | 4.79% |
| US | 8.572 | 21.99% | 29.21% | 22.699 | 22.18% | 21.65% |
| Europe | 7.527 | 19.31% | 26.25% | 18.617 | 18.20% | 16.66% |
| Japan | 3.756 | 9.63% | (5.94%) | 10.601 | 10.36% | (3.82%) |
Source: MOEA, compiled by Digitimes, April 2011