	taiwan  surplus widens in first quarter taiwan s  surplus widened to billion u s dlrs in the first quarter of from billion a year ago the government statistics department said first quarter exports rose to billion u s dlrs from billion in the same period in imports rose to billion from billion last year the march  surplus was billion dlrs compared with billion in february and billion in march exports rose to billion u s dlrs from billion in february and billion in march last year imports were billion dlrs against billion in february and billion in march reuter 
