In addition, export orders last month increased for a fifth straight month of double-digit percentage growth to set a record for the month of March, ministry data showed. Department of Statistics Director Huang Yu-ling speaks to reporters in Taipei on May 20 last year. Export orders grew year-on-year for the 13th consecutive month last month totaling US$53.66 billion, the Ministry of Economic Affairs reported yesterday. Photo: Huang Pei-chun, Taipei TimesMonths when export orders surpass US$50 billion — which happened for the first time in September last year — might become the “new normal,” Huang said. “I’m not saying that it is going to happen every single month, but we can expect more and more months when export orders do break US$50 million,” she said.

Source: Taipei Times April 20, 2021 15:56 UTC