Taiwan's industrial production growth rebounded sharply in February, while retail sales fell for the first time in four months, separate reports from the Ministry of Economic Affairs showed on Tuesday.
Industrial production advanced 17.91 percent yearly in February, much faster than the 4.87 percent growth in January.
Among the main sectors, the annual growth of manufacturing output accelerated to 18.95 percent from 5.30 percent, while mining and quarrying production rebounded by 1.97 percent. Data showed that the electricity and gas supply segment logged a marginal contraction of 0.86 percent.
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