ICT products surged while several traditional goods declined.
Information, communication and audio-video products rose 89.5% in 2025, while parts of electronic products rose 25.8%. Machinery, electrical machinery and optical instruments grew, but base metals and plastics/rubber declined. The picture is a highly concentrated AI-led export boom.
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.
Values are from MOF’s annual external trade report for 2025.
Use MOF annual growth rates by leading export commodity group.
All bars from one MOF annual report.
Taiwan electronics export concentration, 2025
ICT products plus electronic parts accounted for 74% of goods exports in 2025.
Taiwan import growth by commodity group, 2025
Capital and electronics-linked imports outpaced the wider import increase.
Taiwan export value per TEU, 2025
Taiwan’s 2025 goods exports equalled about US$95.1k per export container.