Taiwan's industrial
production index in October this year increased by 8.97 percent as compared to October 2013 and was up 3.3 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Meanwhile,
Taiwan's seasonally adjusted industrial
production index in October increased by 8.08 percent compared to the same month of 2013.
In the first 10 months of this year,
Taiwan's seasonally adjusted industrial
production index increased by 5.94 percent year on year.
In October of the current year, industrial output in the country's basic metal
manufacturing increased by 7.12 percent and output of metal product
manufacturing increased by 3.31 percent, both compared with October 2013. In addition, on month-on-month basis, in October this year the basic metal
manufacturing sector saw an increase of 3.56 percent in output and the metal product
manufacturing sector saw an output increase of 4.3 percent. In the first 10 months, a 3.69 percent year-on-year increase was recorded in
Taiwan's basic metal
manufacturing output, while the fabricated metal product output index indicated an increase of 4.56 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, in October this year,
production in
Taiwan's machinery and equipment industry increased by 14.93 percent, output in the automotive industry rose by 4.59 percent, while
production in the Taiwanese construction sector increased by 35.66 percent, all year on year.