Taiwan, China motorcycle output value edged up 1.7% last year

According to statistics from the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics of the Executive Yuan, Taiwan, China's motorcycle production volume and production value both increased slightly last year.

According to industrial production statistics from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, in 2013 domestic motorcycle production was 913,000 units, up 1.7% year on year; production value was NT$47.43 billion, up 3.6% year on year. On the sales side, domestic sales were 671,000 units (accounting for 74% of total sales), up 6% year on year, while full-year export volume fell 8.5%.

In addition, according to export statistics from the Ministry of Finance's Customs Administration, Japan remained the main export market for domestic motorcycles, with export value to Japan of NT$5.19 billion, up 12.3% year on year; export value to Colombia was NT$1.84 billion, ranking second, surging 61%; export value to Italy was NT$730 million, plunging 55.1%, falling from second-largest to sixth.