According to the statistics released by the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs, in September this year Taiwan's basic metal and basic metal product export orders amounted to $2.35 billion, up 16.5 percent compared to September last year and falling by 4.2 percent compared to the previous month.
In the January-September period of the current year, the country's basic metal and basic metal product export orders rose by 16.1 percent year on year to $19.92 billion.