According to the statistics released by the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs, in December last year Taiwan's basic metal and basic metal product export orders amounted to $2.13 billion, down by 6.5 percent compared to December 2018 and increasing by ten percent compared to the previous month.
In 2019, the country's basic metal and basic metal product export orders fell by 14.6 percent year on year to $25.29 billion.