December readings show import prices, producer prices and CPI moving at different speeds.
Import price pass-through shows whether external cost swings are reaching domestic producers and consumers. The December comparison uses one DGBAS price framework, so CPI, PPI and import prices are read on a consistent official basis. The mix shows that consumer inflation can cool even when producer prices rebound.
Source 1: National Statistics, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Publisher: National Statistics, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Units: percent
Source 2: National Statistics, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Publisher: National Statistics, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Units: percent
Monthly year-on-year readings, not annual averages. IPI and EPI are shown on a U.S.-dollar basis in the source releases.
Use DGBAS December price-index releases. Values are year-on-year percentage changes for CPI, PPI and IPI on a USD basis in December 2023 and December 2024. The import-price spread is calculated as the change in the IPI reading between the two Decembers.
Taiwan’s 5 largest methanol suppliers
Saudi Arabia supplied US$165.6M, or 42.2%, of Taiwan’s 2024 methanol imports.
Taiwan’s 5 largest paraxylene suppliers
Korea and Japan supplied about 92% of Taiwan’s 2024 paraxylene import value.
Taiwan petroleum-product import mix
Naphtha was 60% of Taiwan’s 2025 petroleum-product imports; diesel/gasoil was 17%.