Taiwan's manufacturing activity contracts for 7th straight month

Taiwan's manufacturing activity stayed in contraction mode for the seventh consecutive month in January following a fall in new orders and production during the prolonged Lunar New Year holiday, the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) said on Friday.

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