總額跌至521.7億美元
According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan’s export orders in December 2022 dropped 23.2% from a year earlier—to US$52.17 billion.
根據經濟部（MOEA），台灣2022年12月的外銷訂單同比減少了23.2％，總額跌至521.7億美元。
The MOEA said that overall sluggish consumer demand was to blame for this steep fall from 2021’s December export order totals.
經濟部指出，相較於2021年12月的外銷訂單總額，整體消費者需求疲弱是導致外銷訂單銳減的原因。
sluggish(adj.)行動緩慢的、遲緩的slug(n.)蛞蝓、懶散的人be to blame for sth.是導致某事的原因steep(adj.)陡峭的、急遽的、大起大落的slight(adj.)少量的、微小的
Reasons for this include global interest rate increases, inflation, the war in Ukraine and the tech war between the U.S. and China.
其他原因還包括：全球升息、通貨膨脹、烏俄戰爭及美中科技戰。
inflation(n.)通貨膨脹inflate(v.)使膨脹、充氣deflation(n.)通貨緊縮
During December 2022, many of Taiwan’s major industries experienced huge year-on-year declines in orders.
在2022年12月期間，台灣多個主要產業皆出現訂單同比銳減的情形。
decline(n.)減少、下降decrease(v.)(n.)減少
Among traditional industries, orders for chemicals dropped 29.4%, while rubber and plastics orders fell by 34.1% and metals by 33.9%.
在傳統產業方面，化學品訂單減少29.4％，而塑橡膠製品下跌了34.1％，基本金屬則是減少33.9％。
Tech orders also decreased in December, with information and communications products falling by 24.1%, electronic devices by 20.9% and the biggest loser—optical and photographic devices—falling by 40.9% from December 2021’s total.
12月科技類貨品訂單也下跌了，資訊通信產品減少24.1％，電子產品年減20.9％，而光學器材訂單減幅最大，跟2021年12月的訂單總額相比減少了40.9％。
Despite these declines, December’s total export orders did better than the 25.4% drop that economists expected.
儘管出現減幅，12月的外銷訂單總額表現仍是優於經濟學家預計的25.4％跌幅。
However, following a nearly equal 23.4% year-on-year export order decline in November, Taiwan’s fourth quarter of 2022 experienced an 18.1% fall from the same period in 2021.
不過，11月的外銷訂單年減率近23.4％，跟2021年同期相比，台灣2022年第四季出現了18.1％的減幅。
The MOEA predicts that this trend of the year-on-year decline of export orders will continue in January, with a drop of 35.5% expected.
經濟部預測，外銷訂單下滑的趨勢將持續至一月，預計跌幅達35.5％。
trend(n.)趨勢upward or downward trend向上或向下的趨勢buck the trend逆勢發展