Taiwan
Taiwan produces most of the world's advanced computer chips. When Taiwanese exports wobble, the ripple reaches phones, cars, and data centres everywhere.
Monthly exports
The total value of everything Taiwan sold abroad that month — Taiwan makes most of the world's advanced computer chips, so weakness here ripples through all electronics.
Values converted from US$ million to billion US$ for readability.
- Source:
- Taiwan Ministry of Finance
- Newest data point:
- July 2026
- Last checked:
- 6 September 2026
- Updates:
- monthly
- Confidence:
- high
Reminder: a weak month can have many causes — currency moves, holidays, one-off factory shutdowns. Changes here are correlated with global supply conditions, but correlation is not causation.
Common questions
Why does Taiwan matter for the global chip supply?
Taiwan produces most of the world's advanced computer chips, used in phones, cars, and data centers everywhere. A wobble in Taiwanese exports can ripple through electronics supply chains globally within months.
How fresh is Taiwan's export data?
Taiwan's Ministry of Finance publishes export figures monthly. This site also shows IMF PortWatch satellite estimates of ship traffic at the Port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan's main container port, which tend to move ahead of the official monthly export release.