China News Service, May 20. According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency", the Taiwanese economic authorities pointed out on the 19th that, benefiting from factors such as stable demand in the global terminal market, the manufacturing output value in the first quarter of this year reached 4.15 trillion (trillion) yuan (new). Taiwan dollar, the same below), hitting a new high in the same quarter over the years, with an annual increase of 16.01%.
Among them, the output value of the electronic components industry, the main contributor, was 1.27 trillion yuan, which also continued to hit a new high in the same quarter.
Taiwan's economic authorities released statistics on manufacturing output in the first quarter of 2022 on the 19th, pointing out that benefiting from the stable demand in the global end market, the continuous expansion of emerging technology applications and digital transformation, and the gradual easing of supply chain imbalances, coupled with the rising conflict between Russia and Ukraine International raw material prices rose, and the output value of the manufacturing industry in the first quarter was 4.157 trillion yuan, setting a new record for the same quarter over the years, with an annual increase of 16.01%, showing a positive growth trend for six consecutive quarters.
In terms of the information and electronics industry, the output value of the electronic components industry reached 1.27 trillion yuan, a record high for the same quarter over the past year, and was the main contributor to the growth of manufacturing output value, with an annual increase of 16.90%.
Among them, the integrated circuit industry has an output value of 622.9 billion yuan due to strong demand for 5G, high-performance computing, Internet of Things, and automotive chips, which is a record high for a single quarter over the years, with an annual increase of 28.74%.
However, the panel price was relatively low compared with the same quarter last year, and the output value of the LCD panel and its component industry decreased by 5.24% year-on-year, offsetting part of the increase; in the computer electronics and optical products industries, benefiting from the strong demand for cloud data services, the supply of The shortage of materials in the chain was alleviated, and the production of servers, solid-state drives, and Netcom equipment was encouraged to increase, and the output value increased by 19.03% year-on-year.
Looking at traditional industries, the base metal industry, chemical raw material industry, petroleum and coal products industry, etc., due to the surge in international raw materials, drove the price of related products to rise, resulting in an annual increase of 22.15%, 12.91% and 39.48% in the output value; Orders for Hui Semiconductor, 5G-related industries, and automation equipment continued to increase, with an annual increase of 14.46% in output value.
The automobile and parts industry decreased by 0.83% year-on-year, mainly due to the shortage of raw materials and the full implementation of the sixth-phase environmental protection regulations for diesel heavy vehicles, which affected the sales performance of some models. The increase in production offset some of the decline.
The competent economic department pointed out that since the output value will be affected by price fluctuations, if the price factor is excluded and observed by output, the manufacturing production index in the first quarter of this year was 133.90, ranking first in the same quarter of the previous year, an increase of 6.64% over the same quarter of the previous year, continuing in 2019 Positive growth since the third quarter of this year.
Looking forward to the future, the competent economic department said that with the continuous development of innovative technology applications and digital transformation, as well as the expansion of the island's semiconductor industry's production capacity, coupled with the continued promotion of infrastructure construction in major countries and regions, it will help to inject growth momentum in Taiwan's manufacturing industry. .
However, uncertainties such as bottlenecks in the supply chain are still present. Combined with the recent interference from uncertain factors such as the new coronavirus variant virus and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, it may exacerbate supply chain imbalances and global inflationary pressures, thereby impacting global terminal demand.
The competent financial department of the government issued a statistical report on the 19th and pointed out that from January to April this year, the import and export value of batteries reached a new high in the same period of the year.
The competent financial department stated that in recent years, Taiwan's battery imports and exports have focused on batteries, and the main types include lead-acid batteries that developed earlier and lithium-ion batteries that are currently mainstream.
Among them, lithium-ion batteries have benefited from the emergence of applications such as notebook computers, mobile phones, electric vehicles, and energy storage devices, and their exports have sprung up. From January to April this year, exports of 230 million US dollars, accounting for 63% of battery exports, more than doubled and pushed up The overall battery export value reached a new high in the same period.