The Taiwan manufacturing sector expanded for eight consecutive months. The seasonally adjusted Taiwan Manufacturing PMI remained above 60.0 percent for the fourth consecutive month, while the index dropped 1.9 percentage points to 63.2 percent, down from the highest recorded level of 65.1 percent since July 2012.The Taiwan non-manufacturing sector expanded for the ninth consecutive month while the Taiwan NMI decreased 2.9 percentage points to 52.1 percent in February.