These are in-depth pre- and post-show reports on major international trade fairs, held in Taiwan and other countries with significant participation by Taiwanese manufacturers and exporters. They are offered to help global buyers and other readers better understand what is going on at the fairs and the latest offerings by Taiwanese exhibitors.
The domestic container shipping industry believes that the container ship market is still experiencing difficulties as Asian countries enter the Year of the Tiger. The current information obtained by domestic companies is that the port congestion situation in the U.S. is still difficult and unlikely to lessen in the short term. Fortunately, shipping prices were able to experience a brief repr...
Brazil’s new crown pneumonia epidemic has rapidly increased. Brazil’s Vale, the world’s largest iron ore producer, is facing an out-of-control impact. The market is worried that iron ore production and sales will be affected. new highs. Experts from Sinosteel (2002) evaluated that steel prices will rise steadily under the effect of rising costs, with a promising outlook. According to a legal p...
Taiwan's fastener industry has been severely affected by the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, with a 13% decline in output value and miserable operations. Entering the post-epidemic period, Minister of Economy Shen Rongjin again communicated face-to-face with people in the fastener industry this morning. He emphasized that he would use empathy to assist the fastener industry to overcome difficult...
China announced on Tuesday a new list of 79 U.S. products eligible for waivers from retaliatory tariffs imposed at the height of the bilateral trade war, amid continued pressure on Beijing to boost imports from the United States. China’s finance ministry said in a statement the new waivers will take effect on May 19 and expire on May 18, 2021. The latest list waives tariffs on products includi...
Taipei, Manufacturing activity in Taiwan contracted in April because of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on global demand, hurting Taiwan's export-oriented manufacturers, the Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) said Monday. Taiwan's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for April fell 5.5 points from a month earlier to 47.6, the steepest monthly decline since the think tank started to...
Under the epidemic situation, the regulations on production and creation were useless. Minister of Economy Shen Rongjin promised in the Legislative Yuan yesterday (4) that he would build a machine tool to upgrade the automated production platform, discuss with the industry within a period, and put forward specific plans. When the international economy recovers, the unit can be transported to all ...
Taiwan's hand tools are the world’s unsung champions! Every year, Taiwan’s tool industry earns US$4 billion from exports of OEM wrenches and pliers. Globally reputed as the “Kingdom of Hand Tools,” Taiwan is one of the world’s top three export countries in this sector, which is one of the island’s most prominent industries. Nearly 70% of enterprises in the hand tool industry are concentrated in t...
Many industries have been affected by the prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic. On top of the government’s industrial relief and revitalization policy, many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) should think about how to accelerate the deployment for “digital transformation”, including digital application services, products, and related digital tool technology. Taiwan plays an important role in the ...
The chairman of Sinosteel Wong Chao-tung believes that the epidemic triggered a global closure of the city and the country, which caused the industry to break the chain and reorganize after the chain is broken. This is a crisis and a turning point. The only way to use the "curvy overtaking" is to avoid the Red Sea market. In order to survive the epidemic, it is necessary to find a new blue ocean...
The Cabinet on Thursday allocated the bulk of a special NT$150 billion (US$4.98 billion) budget to revitalizing the domestic economy, which has been hard hit by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Pending legislative approval, NT$133.5 billion will go towards helping with the recovery of local businesses and other entities and providing relief to self-employed workers, according to the Director...