09.07.202608:28:15UTC+00Taiwan Export Growth Misses Forecasts

Taiwan’s exports rose 40.3% year-on-year to USD 74.8 billion in June 2026, easing from May’s 51.7% surge and undershooting market forecasts of a 48.6% gain. Despite the slowdown, overall export growth remained strong, supported by sustained global demand for semiconductors and electronic products.

By major category, shipments of information, communication, and audio-video products continued to drive overall growth, leaping 72.3%. They were followed by exports of electronic parts (up 32.8%), machinery (up 14.8%), and mineral products (up 20.0%). In contrast, exports of base metals and related products slipped 1.3%.

Export performance was solid across all key trading partners, with particularly robust increases in shipments to the United States (34.8%), Mainland China and Hong Kong (22.2%), ASEAN economies (47.1%), Europe (48.4%), Japan (17.7%), and South Korea (31.8%).

Over the first half of 2026, Taiwan’s total exports reached USD 416.7 billion, up 47.1% from the same period a year earlier.