Retail sales in Taiwan decreased by 3.4% year-on-year in January 2026, reversing a 0.9% gain in the previous month. This marked the sharpest decline in retail activity since July 2025, as sales dropped for general merchandise (-6.5% vs 0.4% in December 2025) and motor vehicles, motorcycles, and related parts and accessories (-5.8% vs 10.2%). At the same time, sales fell further for food, beverages, and tobacco (-5.8% vs -2.7%), household appliances and goods in specialized stores (-3.6% vs -2.2%), and fuel and related products (-8.2% vs -7.3%). In contrast, retail activity rose for pharmaceutical and medical goods (0.4% vs -2.7%) and construction materials in specialized stores (6.7% vs 1.6%). Retail trade not in stores or stalls also accelerated (10.3% vs 0.4%), alongside electronic shopping and mail-order houses (13.0% vs 1.9%). On a monthly basis, retail activity dropped 1.7% in January, easing from a 2% decline in the previous month. source: Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C.

Retail Sales in Taiwan decreased 3.40 percent in January of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Taiwan averaged 2.73 percent from 2000 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 22.50 percent in June of 2022 and a record low of -13.30 percent in June of 2021. This page provides the latest reported value for - Taiwan Retail Sales YoY - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Taiwan Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2026.

Retail Sales in Taiwan decreased 3.40 percent in January of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Taiwan is expected to be 2.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Taiwan Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 2.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-01-23 08:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Dec 0.9% 1.6% 1.2%
2026-03-05 08:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Jan -3.4% 0.9% 1.0%
2026-03-24 08:00 AM
Retail Sales YoY
Feb -3.4% 1.3%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Bank Lending Rate 3.26 3.27 percent Jan 2026
Consumer Confidence 66.58 67.16 points Feb 2026
Consumer Credit 13576342.00 13531340.00 TWD Million Jan 2026
Consumer Spending 2999523.00 2863030.00 TWD Million Dec 2025
Disposable Personal Income 107922.00 103668.00 TWD Hundred Million Dec 2024
Retail Sales MoM -1.70 -2.00 percent Jan 2026
Retail Sales YoY -3.40 0.90 percent Jan 2026


Taiwan Retail Sales YoY
In Taiwan, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-3.40 0.90 22.50 -13.30 2000 - 2026 percent Monthly
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Taiwan Retail Sales Fall to 6-Month Low
Retail sales in Taiwan decreased by 3.4% year-on-year in January 2026, reversing a 0.9% gain in the previous month. This marked the sharpest decline in retail activity since July 2025, as sales dropped for general merchandise (-6.5% vs 0.4% in December 2025) and motor vehicles, motorcycles, and related parts and accessories (-5.8% vs 10.2%). At the same time, sales fell further for food, beverages, and tobacco (-5.8% vs -2.7%), household appliances and goods in specialized stores (-3.6% vs -2.2%), and fuel and related products (-8.2% vs -7.3%). In contrast, retail activity rose for pharmaceutical and medical goods (0.4% vs -2.7%) and construction materials in specialized stores (6.7% vs 1.6%). Retail trade not in stores or stalls also accelerated (10.3% vs 0.4%), alongside electronic shopping and mail-order houses (13.0% vs 1.9%). On a monthly basis, retail activity dropped 1.7% in January, easing from a 2% decline in the previous month.
2026-03-05
Taiwan Retail Sales Growth Slows to 3-Month Low
Retail sales in Taiwan rose 0.9% year-on-year in December 2025, easing from a 1.6% gain in the previous month. This marked the slowest growth since a decline in September, as sales fell in food, beverages, and tobacco (-2.7% vs 4.0% in November), textiles and clothing (-7.8% vs 4.8%), pharmaceutical and medical goods (-2.6% vs 0.6%), cultural and recreation goods (-1.4% vs 6.0%). Retail activity also moderated in other specialized stores (8.0% vs 14.6%), information and communications equipment and electrical household appliances (4.7% vs 6.9%), and general merchandise stores (0.4% vs 6.7%). Meanwhile, sales rebounded for construction materials (1.6% vs -5.6%), motor vehicles, motorcycles and related parts and accessories (10.2% vs -6.9%), and retail trade not in stores or stalls (0.4% vs -1.0%), while it rose for electronic shopping and mail-order houses (1.9% vs 1.0%). On a monthly basis, retail activity dropped 2% in December, following an eight-month high of 6.7%.
2026-01-23
Taiwan Retail Sales Growth Rises at Softer Pace
Retail sales in Taiwan rose 1.4% year-on-year in November 2025, easing from a nine-month high of 1.9% in the previous month. Sales growth mostly slowed in food, beverages, and tobacco (3.2% vs 9.5% in October), cultural and recreation goods (4.8% vs 17.6%), electronic shopping and mail-order houses (1.1% vs 3.7%), pharmaceutical and medical goods in specialized stores (0.9% vs 2.0%), and other retail sales in specialized stores (12.2% vs 12.5%). At the same time, sales declined for construction materials (-5.6% vs 0.5%), fuel and related products (-6.6% vs 0.9%), and retail trade not in stores or stalls (-1.0% vs 3.1%). Meanwhile, sales accelerated for general merchandise stores (6.7% vs 3.0%), textiles and clothing in specialized stores (6.7% vs 2.1%), and information and communications equipment and electrical household appliances (5.9% vs 5.6%). On a monthly basis, retail activity increased 6.5% in November, its highest level in eight months, following a 5.6% rise in October.
2025-12-24