According to the statistics released by the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs, in October this year Taiwan's basic metal and basic metal product export orders amounted to $2.02 billion, down 17.5 percent compared to October 2014 and rising by 4.6 percent compared to the previous month. In September, Taiwan’s basic metal and basic metal product orders had recorded four percent growth month on month.
In the January-October period of the current year, the country's basic metal and basic metal product export orders declined by 14.4 percent year on year to $20.35 billion.