Orders for telecommunications products rose 3.1% in August from a year ago due mostly to cellphone orders, the ministry said.
A trend of working and studying from home that started during the COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled a growth in orders for Taiwanese electronics for more than two years.
The ministry said it expected this month's export orders to be between 7% and 9.4% lower than those of September 2021.
Taiwan's August orders from China fell 25.5% from a year earlier, compared with an annual fall of 22.6% in July.
Export orders from Europe rose 14.6%, versus an annual contraction of 5.1% in July, while those from Japan rose 2.2%.