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 $2.07 billion, up 9.6 percent compared to April last year and falling by 13.2 percent compared to the previous month.
In the January-April period of the current year, the country's basic metal and basic metal product export orders rose by 17.3 percent year on year to $8.38 billion.