-- Taiwan's exports rose 39% year on year in April to the second-highest monthly level on record at $67.62 billion, while imports increased 29.2% annually to $53.27 billion, according to preliminary data released by the Ministry of Finance on Friday.
Monthly, the exports fell 15.7% from March, while imports declined 9.6%, the data showed.
For January to April, cumulative exports totaled $263.4 billion, up 47.8% from the same period last year, while cumulative imports jumped 33.2% annually to $196.1 billion, figures showed.