Taiwan recorded exports of US$34.96 in April 2021, the second highest-ever monthly level with on-year growth of 38.7%, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF).
The record-high exports werre set in March 2021 at US$35.89.
Imports in April reached US$28.79 billion, the second highest-ever figure, with on-month decrease of 10.7% and on-year increase of 26.4%.
Of the Taiwan-made products, electronic components were biggest segment at US$13.505 billion in April, increasing 0.4% sequentially and 34.0% on year, with ICs accounting for 90.7% of the segment's value.
Exports of US$132.91 billion and imports US$112.36 billion for January-April 2021 rose 28.0% and 22.4% respectively on year.
MOF: Taiwan's main export markets, April 2021 (US$m) | ||||||
Area | April 2021 | January-April 2021 | ||||
Exports | Proportion of total | Trade balance | Exports | Proportion of total | Trade balance | |
China plus HK | 14,821 | 42.4% | 8,255 | 56,842 | 42.8% | 31,822 |
Six ASEAN countries | 5,770 | 16.5% | 2,268 | 21,791 | 16.4% | 7,853 |
US | 4,934 | 14.1% | 1,847 | 18,601 | 14.0% | 6,618 |
Europe | 2,873 | 8.2% | (609) | 11,018 | 8.3% | (2,898) |
Japan | 2,526 | 7.2% | (1,878) | 8,854 | 6.7% | (8,666) |
Source: MOF, compiled by Digitimes, May 2021