Raw materials accounted for about two-thirds of imports in 2025, while capital goods accounted for about 21.9%. Consumer goods were about 10.2%. The mix shows that Taiwan’s import boom was primarily production- and investment-linked rather than a simple consumer-demand surge.
Source 1: Annual External Trade Report in 2025
Publisher: Ministry of Finance, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Dataset/table: Annual External Trade Report 2025
Units: US$ billion; percent
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Reports 2025 exports, imports, export commodity values, major export markets and import commodity values/growth rates.
Note: Reports 2025 exports, imports, export commodity values, major export markets and import commodity values/growth rates.
Other is derived residually from total imports minus raw materials, capital goods and consumer goods.
Compute category shares using MOF annual import category values and total imports.
All core values from MOF annual external trade report; other derived as residual.
Taiwan import growth by commodity group, 2025
Capital and electronics-linked imports outpaced the wider import increase.
Taiwan’s Largest Ethylene and Propylene Suppliers, 2024
Korea, China and Japan dominated Taiwan’s ethylene and propylene import bill.
Taiwan semiconductor-equipment suppliers, 2025
Five supplier economies supplied about 82.3% of Taiwan’s 2025 semiconductor-equipment imports.