That dollar amount results from a 26.4% increase compared to $382.9 billion during 2021, and a 22.8% year-over-year acceleration from $394.1 billion in 2024.
Based on the average exchange rate for 2025 on a Purchasing Power Parity basis, the New Taiwan Dollar depreciated by -3.1% from 2024 to 2025 versus the US dollar. Taiwan’s weaker local currency makes Taiwanese imports paid for in stronger American currency relatively more expensive for Taiwanese buyers starting from the New Taiwan Dollar.
Main Countries Importing Products from Taiwan
The latest available country-specific data shows that 73.1% of products imported from Taiwan were supplied by exporters in: mainland China (19% of the Taiwanese total), South Korea (13.2%), Japan (11.3%), United States of America (10.1%), Malaysia (3.9%), Vietnam (2.96%), Germany (2.95%), Singapore (2.7%), Australia (2.4%), Netherlands (1.8%), Saudi Arabia (1.5%) and Thailand (1.4%).
Applying a continental lens, almost three-quarters (74%) of Taiwan’s total imports by value in 2025 was purchased from fellow Asian countries. Trade partners in North America fulfilled 11.2% of import purchases by Taiwan, while another 10.4% worth of products originated from Europe.
Smaller percentages came from providers in Oceania (2.9%) led by Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand, Latin America (1.1%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, and Africa (0.3%).
Given Taiwan’s population of 23.4 million people, its total US$483.8 billion in 2025 imports translates to roughly $20,700 in yearly product demand from every person in the East Asia island province of China. That dollar metric surpasses the average $16,900 per capita for 2024.
Domestically, note that Taiwan’s inflation rate averaged 1.782% in 2025 down from an average of 2.181% inflation for 2024.
Taiwan’s Top 10 Imports
The following product groups represent the highest dollar value in Taiwan’s import purchases during 2025. Also shown is the percentage share each product category represents in terms of overall imports into Taiwan.
- Electrical machinery, equipment: US$183.7 billion (38% of total imports)
- Machinery including computers: $98.3 billion (20.3%)
- Mineral fuels including oil: $48.1 billion (9.9%)
- Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $22.6 billion (4.7%)
- Vehicles: $9.9 billion (2%)
- Plastics, plastic articles: $8.5 billion (1.8%)
- Iron, steel: $7.7 billion (1.6%)
- Copper: $7.5 billion (1.5%)
- Gems, precious metals: $7 billion (1.5%)
- Other chemical goods: $6.9 billion (1.4%)
Taiwan’s top 10 import product categories generated over four-fifths (82.7%) of the overall value of Taiwanese product purchases from other countries.
The greatest gainers among Taiwan’s top import categories from 2024 to 2025 were the machinery including computers product category via a 76% upturn ahead of electrical machinery and equipment (up 37.8%) then optical, technical or medical apparatus (up 37.3%).
Double-digit percentage decliners among Taiwan’s top imported product groups were the metals iron and steel (down -19.3% from 2024), vehicles (down -14.7%) then mineral fuels including oil (down -10%).
Please note that the product category results listed above are at the 2-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level.
Information presented in the following sections is also at the more granular 4-digit level.
Main Electrical Products Imported by Taiwan
Taiwanese importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of electrical equipment including consumer electronics.
- Integrated circuits/microassemblies: US$130.3 billion (up 38.2% from 2024)
- Phone devices including smartphones: $12.9 billion (up 64.1%)
- Printed circuits: $7.4 billion (up 53.1%)
- Unrecorded sound media: $4.2 billion (up 67.5%)
- Electrical converters/power units: $3.6 billion (up 24.2%)
- Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $3.4 billion (up 40.8%)
- Solar power diodes/semi-conductors: $3.1 billion (up 12.8%)
- Electrical capacitators: $2.7 billion (up 26.3%)
- Insulated wire/cable: $2.5 billion (up 60.4%)
- Electric generating sets, converters: $1.7 billion (up 175.1%)
Among these import subcategories, Taiwanese purchases of electric generating sets and converters (up 175.1%), unrecorded sound media (up 67.5%) then phone devices including smartphones (up 64.1%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported electronics among Taiwanese businesses and consumers.
Main Machinery Products Including Computers Imported by Taiwan
Taiwanese importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of machines including computers.
- Machinery for making semi-conductors: US$29.2 billion (up 66% from 2024)
- Computer parts, accessories: $24.4 billion (up 275.6%)
- Computers, optical readers: $23.3 billion (up 80.6%)
- Turbo-jets: $2.9 billion (down -10%)
- Miscellaneous machinery: $1.76 billion (up 25.7%)
- Centrifuges, filters and purifiers: $1.71 billion (up 13.8%)
- Taps, valves, similar appliances: $1.7 billion (up 18.8%)
- Air or vacuum pumps: $1.67 billion (up 24.5%)
- Temperature-change machines: $1.3 billion (up 102.1%)
- Liquid pumps and elevators: $884.5 million (up 77.8%)
Among these import subcategories, Taiwanese purchases of computer parts or accessories (up 275.6%), temperature-change machines (up 102.1%) then computers or optical readers (up 80.6%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported machinery among Taiwanese businesses and consumers.
Main Mineral Fuels Related Products Imported by Taiwan
Taiwanese importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of mineral fuels-related products.
- Crude oil: US$21.7 billion (down -9.3% from 2024)
- Petroleum gases: $13.2 billion (up 4.6%)
- Processed petroleum oils: $6.7 billion (down -6.8%)
- Coal, solid fuels made from coal: $6.2 billion (down -34%)
- Coal tar oils (high temperature distillation): $286.9 million (down -17.8%)
- Coke, semi-coke: $32.7 million (down -30.4%)
- Petroleum jelly, mineral waxes: $29 million (down -3.3%)
- Petroleum oil residues: $26 million (up 28.1%)
- Tar pitch, coke: $1.75 million (down -14.8%)
- Peat: $1.72 million (up 1.7%)
Among these import subcategories, Taiwanese purchases of petroleum oil residues (up 28.1%), petroleum gases (up 4.6%) then peat (up 1.7%) grew from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported fossil fuels-related products among Taiwanese businesses and consumers.
Main Medical or Technical Products Imported by Taiwan
Taiwanese importers spent the most on the following 10 subcategories of optical, technical and medical equipment.
- Oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers: US$8.4 billion (up 78.1% from 2024)
- Other measuring/testing machines: $5.1 billion (up 32.9%)
- Electro-medical equipment: $1.6 billion (up 13%)
- Physical/chemical analysis tools: $1.3 billion (up 37.2%)
- X-ray equipment: $1.05 billion (up 30.7%)
- Optical fiber cables, sheets, plates: $1.02 billion (up 6.7%)
- Lenses, prisms, mirrors: $896.2 million (down -3.6%)
- Liquid crystal/laser/optical tools: $683.3 million (up 16.3%)
- Orthopedic appliances: $530.9 million (up 9.6%)
- Regulate/control instruments: $441.1 million (up 35.2%)
Among these import subcategories, Taiwanese purchases of oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers (up 78.1%), physical or chemical analysis tools (up 37.2%) then regulating and control instruments (up 35.2%) grew at the fastest pace from 2024 to 2025.
These amounts and the percentage gains within parenthesis clearly show where the strongest demand lies for different types of imported optical, technical and medical equipment among Taiwanese businesses and consumers.
See also Taiwan’s Top Trading Partners, Taiwan’s Top 10 Exports and Top Asian Export Countries
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