Taiwan recorded a total export value of US$24.89 billion in November 2012, decreasing 6.2% on month but increasing 0.9% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$21.49 billion slipped 0.9% on month but rose 0.1% on year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) on December 7.
Among different categories of Taiwan-made products, electronics had the largest export value at US$7.137 billion in November, dipping 1.9% on month but growing 7.4% on year.
January-November total export value of US$275.01 billion and total import value of US$248.76 billion dropped on year by 3.3% and 4.3% respectively.
| Taiwan main export markets and export values, November 2012 (US$m) | ||||||
| Export market | November 2012 | January-November 2012 | ||||
| Export value | Proportion of total value | Trade balance* | Export value | Proportion of total value | Trade balance* | |
| China plus Hong Kong | 9,947 | 40.0% | 6,387 | 108,190 | 39.3% | 68,409 |
| US | 2,700 | 10.8% | 974 | 30,283 | 11.0% | 8,766 |
| Europe | 2,147 | 8.6% | -237 | 26,093 | 9.5% | 449 |
| Japan | 1,696 | 6.8% | -1,791 | 17,201 | 6.3% | -26,524 |
* Export value minus import value
Source: MOF, compiled by Digitimes, December 2012
