End-2025 reserves equalled 1.25× 2025 goods imports.
Foreign exchange reserves are a direct measure of Taiwan’s external financial buffer. Comparing the US$602.55 billion reserve stock with US$483.6 billion in annual imports gives the number a trade-scale reference. The ratio does not measure all external needs, but it shows the reserve stock is larger than one full year of goods imports.
Source 1: End-December 2025 foreign exchange reserves
Publisher: Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Dataset/table: End-December 2025 foreign exchange reserves
Units: US$ billion
Date checked: 2026-05-07
Status: verified
Note: The CBC reports reserves of US$602.55bn at end-December 2025 and a US$2.76bn monthly increase.
Source 2: Annual imports and export totals
Publisher: Ministry of Finance, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
Dataset/table: Annual imports and export totals
Units: US$ billion
Date checked: 2026-05-07
Status: verified
Note: The MOF report gives 2025 exports of US$640.7 billion and imports of US$483.6 billion.
Import cover is a simplified goods-import comparison, not the IMF reserve-adequacy metric. Services, debt maturities and portfolio flows are not included.
The CBC reports reserves of US$602.55bn at end-December 2025 and a US$2.76bn monthly increase.
The MOF report gives 2025 exports of US$640.7 billion and imports of US$483.6 billion.
CBC reports reserves at end-December 2025 in U.S. dollars. MOF reports 2025 goods imports in U.S. dollars. The ratio is reserves divided by imports; the gap is reserves minus imports.
Taiwan export value per TEU, 2025
Taiwan’s 2025 goods exports equalled about US$95.1k per export container.
Taiwan import input mix, 2025
Raw materials and capital goods dominated 2025 imports.
Taiwan’s Largest Data-processing Equipment Import Sources, 2024
China, Mexico and Thailand led Taiwan’s automatic data-processing equipment imports.