According to the latest statistics compiled by Metal Industry Intelligence (MII), a Taiwanese market research department under Metal Industries Research & Development Centre, a semi-official R&D institute, the fastener industry's overall output reached NT$123.87 billion (US$4.12 billion) in 2013, compared to NT$95.15 billion (US$3.17 billion) in 2006 and NT$112.37 billion (US$3.74 billion) in 2010, with export value and volume of NT$115.2 billion (US$3.84 billion) and 146.1 million tonnes, respectively.

Operators' efforts on moving upmarket has borne fruit as shown by the unit price of Taiwan's exported fasteners averaging NT$78.8 (US$2.62) per kilogram in 2013, significantly growing from NT$65.9 (US$2.19) in 2006 and NT$45 (US$1.5) in 2002.
 
MII predicts the industry's output and exports to amount to NT$124.38 billion (US$4.16 billion) and NT$115.67 billion (US$3.85 billion), respectively, in 2014, and NT$124.73 billion (US$4.15 billion) and NT$116.0 billion (US$3.86 billion) in 2015. The average per-kilogram export price is estimated to hit NT$79.5 (US$2.65) and NT$80 (US$2.66), respectively, in the said years.