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 $2.37 billion, up 13.1 percent compared to October last year and rising by 1.3 percent compared to the previous month.
In the January-October period of the current year, the country's basic metal and basic metal product export orders rose by 15.8 percent year on year to $22.3 billion.