Taiwan, Asia’s fourth-largest importer of liquefied natural gas, bought 4 percent more of the fuel in February from a year earlier, slower than the 12 percent gain in January as supplies from Indonesia dropped.
CPC Corp. imported 1.02 million kiloliters, or 462,000 metric tons, of the fuel, costing US$313 million in February, compared with 978,000 kiloliters [...]
Taiwan’s Formosa Petrochemical Corp. has recently bought 22,000 tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for first-half of May delivery as an alternative feedstock to naphtha, industry sources said Monday.
“Formosa bought more than its usual volume of LPG, and it is also seeking additional 20,000 tons for the same period,” said a Seoul-based LPG importer.
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Taiwan could again be a net importer of oil products before the end of this decade as its petrochemical sector booms, nuclear expansion stalls and local resistance stymies plans to renew or replace aging refineries.
While a local media panic in mid-March over the potential need for motor fuel imports was likely overblown, analysts say the [...]
Sony Corp. plans to increase its outsourcing to Taiwan this year, giving more flat-panel TV orders to Taiwan contract makers such as Hon Hai and Qisda, a newspaper reported yesterday.
The Japanese electronics giant is expected to outsource 3-4 million units of TVs to various Taiwan firms this year, placing orders with Hon Hai Precision Industry [...]
Microsoft Corp. expects that shipments to China of handsets with its software will more than double in the next year amid an expected boom in demand for Web access once the country launches 3G wireless services.
About 2 million mobile devices installed with Microsoft operating systems were shipped to China in the last year, about 10 [...]
