Korea was Taiwan’s largest integrated-circuit import source by a wide margin.
Integrated circuits are not only Taiwan’s export engine; Taiwan also imports a large volume of chips. The import-source ranking separates inbound chip dependency from the better-known export story. Korea’s lead reflects the importance of memory and cross-border semiconductor supply chains inside Asia.
Source 1: Monthly Statistics of Exports and Imports, Dec. 2024: Table 9
Publisher: Ministry of Finance, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Dataset/table: Table 9 Imports by Selected Commodity and Country
Units: US$ thousand
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: The workbook gives 2024 import values by selected commodity and country of origin.
Note: The workbook gives 2024 import values by selected commodity and country of origin.
Source 2: Dec. 2024 Monthly Statistics of Exports and Imports e-book page
Publisher: Ministry of Finance, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Dataset/table: E-books page for Dec. 2024 external trade tables
Units: metadata / links
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: The page documents the Dec. 2024 monthly trade publication and Table 9 download path.
Note: The page documents the Dec. 2024 monthly trade publication and Table 9 download path.
IC means integrated circuit. The ranking excludes the aggregate “Other Countries” line because the stat asks for source countries.
Values use Taiwan MOF Table 9, “Electronic Integrated Circuits,” 2024 cumulative imports by country of origin. Values are current U.S. dollars, shown in millions.
All visible ranking values use the same 2024 source table unless otherwise noted in data_notes and research_warnings.
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