According to the statistics released by the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs, in April this year Taiwan's basic metal and basic metal product export orders amounted to $1.89 billion, down 10.7 percent compared to April last year and falling by 5.6 percent compared to the previous month. In March, Taiwan’s basic metal and basic metal product orders had recorded 38.4 percent growth month on month.
In the January-April period of the current year, the country's basic metal and basic metal product export orders declined by 15.3 percent year on year to $7.15 billion.