India, Feb. 25 -- Taiwan's industrial production expanded at the weakest pace in ten months in January, while retail sales grew for the third successive month, separate reports from the Ministry of Economic Affairs showed on Tuesday.

Industrial production advanced 5.07 percent yearly in January, much slower than the 19.76 percent growth in December.

Further, the latest rate of growth was the weakest since March 2024, when production had risen 4.79 percent.

Among the main sectors, the annual growth of manufacturing output eased to 5.29 percent from 20.68 percent, while mining and quarrying production showed a slump of 14.22 percent. Data showed that the electricity and gas supply segment logged a marginal expansion of 1.22 percent.

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