Electronic parts are the semiconductor-heavy core of Taiwan’s trade balance. The category hit a record export value in 2025 while imports also rose sharply with artificial-intelligence-linked production demand. Showing exports and imports together avoids making the surplus look like a one-sided export story. The result is a clean benchmark for Taiwan’s chip-trade engine.
Source 1: Annual External Trade Report in 2025
Publisher: Ministry of Finance, R.O.C.
Dataset/table: Annual External Trade Report in 2025
Units: US$ billion; percent
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Supports 2025 Taiwan export/import totals, commodity groups, market values and shares.
Note: Supports 2025 Taiwan export/import totals, commodity groups, market values and shares.
Source 2: Summary of Exports and Imports for December 2025
Publisher: Ministry of Finance, R.O.C.
Dataset/table: Trade Performance for Dec. 2025
Units: US$ million; percent
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Supports final 2025 export, import and trade-balance totals.
Note: Supports final 2025 export, import and trade-balance totals.
Commodity group is the Ministry of Finance principal-commodity grouping, not a single Harmonized System (HS) code.
Uses Ministry of Finance annual export and import commodity figures; surplus is exports minus imports in US$ billion.
Exports and imports use the same MOF annual report and units; surplus is directly derived.
Taiwan server exports versus notebook exports
Server systems were 25.9% of cited U.S.-bound exposure; notebooks were 1.2%.
Taiwan Chip Exports Versus Semiconductor Equipment Imports, 2025
Electronic-parts exports were 5.6x semiconductor-equipment imports in 2025.
Taiwan technology orders versus exports, 2025
Electronic-product orders were about 131% of electronic-parts customs exports in 2025.
