Exports, imports fall in January due to LNY, slow season effects

Taiwan's January exports plunged by 21.2 percent year-on-year to US$31.51 billion, while imports shrank by 16.6 percent from a year earlier to US$29.17 billion, leaving the country with a trade surplus of US$2.34 billion, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) reported on Tuesday.

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