Colored lights illuminate downtown Taipei in Southeast China's Taiwan, March 28, 2017. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

TAIPEI - Taiwan companies received export orders from the mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region worth $16.08 billion in November, an increase of 25.3 percent year-on-year, the island's economic affairs department said.

Among export orders, electronic products showed the greatest year-on-year increase, growing over $2.4 billion, followed by orders for optical devices with an increase of $260 million

Among these, orders for electronic products showed the greatest year-on-year increase, growing over $2.4 billion, followed by orders for optical devices with an increase of $260 million, the department said in a statement.

During the first 11 months of this year, Taiwan companies received export orders worth nearly $158.3 billion from the mainland and the HKSAR, soaring 30.1 percent from a year earlier.

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Taiwan companies saw their total export orders increase 13.4 percent year-on-year to $65.5 billion in November, partly due to increased shipments of tech and electronic devices driven by strong consumer demand and high raw material prices.

Taiwan's export prospects might be affected by the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic and unstable supply chains in the future, according to the statement.