Taiwan Export Growth Highest Since 2010

Exports from Taiwan soared by 38.6% year-on-year to a record peak of USD 51.74 billion in May 2025, following a 29.9% gain in the previous month.

The figure marked the strongest annual growth in export activity since July 2010, driven by a significant rise in shipments for information, communication and auto-video products (111.1%).

Other major contributors included electronic components (28.4%), machinery (7.7%), and base metals and articles of base metal (5.7%).

Conversely, shipments fell for plastics and rubber & articles (-4.7%).

Among key trading partners, exports jumped to the USA (87.4%), followed by ASEAN countries (52.3%), Japan (17.5%), and the Mainland China & Hongkong (16.6%).

Considering January to May, exports totaled USD 229.96 billion, up 24.3% from the same period last year.