China, Mexico and Thailand led Taiwan’s automatic data-processing equipment imports.
Imported server and data-processing hardware is part of the AI infrastructure supply chain, but tariff categories are broader than AI servers alone. The country ranking still shows where Taiwan’s inbound computing hardware comes from. China leads, while Mexico and Thailand show the role of offshore assembly hubs in the hardware pipeline.
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.
This is a broad automatic data-processing equipment category and includes more than AI servers. The wording avoids claiming it is server-only.
Values use Taiwan MOF Table 9, “Automatic Data Processing Machines and Units Thereof,” 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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