* December imports +0.9% y/y vs +4.13% in poll * Full year 2020 exports +4.9% y/y, hit record high by value * Finance ministry expects January exports +19% to +23% y/y * Ministry sees “stable growth” for exports in Q1 TAIPEI, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Taiwan’s exports rose in December for the sixth consecutive month and at an unexpectedly strong pace, boosted by surging global demand for the island’s tech products amid the COVID-19 pandemic and new technologies like 5G. Exports jumped 12% from a year earlier to $33 billion in December, the highest monthly figure on record, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday. Analysts in a Reuters poll had forecast a rise of 9.2% for last month, compared with a 12% jump in November.