	taiwan s second quarter imports seen rising taiwan s imports in the second quarter of are expected to rise to billion u s dlrs from billion a year earlier and from billion in the first quarter of this year the statistics department said a department official attributed the increase to growing domestic investment by the private and public sectors it is expected to rise to billion u s dlrs from billion a year earlier and billion during the first quarter taiwan s exports in the april june quarter are expected to rise to billion u s dlrs from billion a year earlier and billion in the first quarter the official said taiwan s  surplus is expected to climb to billion u s dlrs in the second quarter of from billion a year earlier it was billion in the first quarter of this year most of the surplus is expected to come from  with the u s taiwan s largest trading partner and importer of nearly pct of taiwan s total exports he said he said he expected taiwan s imports including grains machinery and power plant equipment from the u s to rise sharply because of government efforts to balance  with washington he declined to give figures reuter 
