The seasonally adjusted Taiwan Manufacturing PMI inched up to 53.1 percent in March, an increase of 0.4 percentage point, against 52.7 percent in February. The slowing Supplier Deliveries Index, negatively resulted from the COVID-19 outbreak and coronavirus-related transportation restrictions, is one of the main reasons for the higher PMI reading. The non-manufacturing sector continued to struggle and remained in contraction for two consecutive months, as the Taiwan NMI registered 42.3 percent in March, up from the lowest recorded level of 40.4 percent since August 2014.