TAIWAN'S EXPORT ORDERS FALL IN FEBRUARY

  Export orders for Taiwanese products
  fell 1.37 pct to 3.58 billion U.S. Dlrs in February from 3.63
  billion in January, but rose nearly 43 pct from 2.51 billion a
  year earlier, an Economic Ministry official said.
      He attributed the fall to the rising Taiwan dollar.
      February orders for electric and electronic goods were 619
  mln U.S. Dlrs, up from 574 mln in January and 370 mln in
  February 1986. Garment orders were 324 mln dlrs against 383 mln
  and 283 mln while footwear orders were 297 mln compared with
  333 mln and 200 mln.
  

