In February this year, Taiwan's basic metal and basic metal product export orders amounted to $2.10 billion, down 11 percent compared to January and increasing by 10.6 percent compared to February 2013, according to Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs. The country's basic metal and basic metal product export orders had declined by 4.5 percent and risen by 1.8 percent in January this year and December last year respectively, both on year-on-year basis.
On the other hand, the country's basic metal and basic metal product export orders in the first two months of the current year amounted to a value of $4.45 billion, rising by two percent on year-on-year basis.