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Taiwan's market is one of the clearest public-market expressions of global semiconductor leadership, so index behavior is tightly tied to foundry economics, AI infrastructure demand, and electronics-cycle breadth. The core read is usually chip capital spending, the profit cycle of foundries and component makers, and whether global technology demand is broadening beyond a single AI hardware theme.
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Use the key figures to see the country’s size, currency and current economic backdrop.
Pick one variable at a time and see how it has changed over time.
The final cards explain the few forces that can move companies and the local market.
Key facts
Capital
Currency
Primary exchange
Central bank
Region
Time zone
Source: DGBAS Taiwan,
Country dashboard
A concentrated technology market dominated by semiconductors, electronics supply chains, and AI-capex leverage.
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Month-end close showing TWD per U.S. dollar from Alpha Vantage.
Available variables
Source: DGBAS Taiwan,
Trade and external position
The latest available data show exports of $533.1B and imports of $472.3B, leaving an external balance of +$60.8B. Services account for 11.0% of total exports.
This is the broadest export figure for Taiwan in the WTO annual data, combining merchandise and commercial services. Goods account for 89.0% of the total and services for 11.0%, which quickly shows whether the export machine is still mainly physical trade or already more service-heavy.
This is the merchandise side of the export base. In 2024, the biggest WTO goods bucket was manufactures at 93.6% of merchandise exports, which is the cleanest shortcut for what really drives the physical export mix.
This is the services side of exports, covering travel, transport, finance, IP, digital, and business services. The largest WTO services export sector in 2024 was other business services at $13.4B, which helps explain where intangible export strength is concentrated.
Commodity lens
Goods made up 89.0% of total exports in 2024, leaving services at 11.0%.
Goods made up 84.9% of total imports in 2024, leaving services at 15.1%.
This was the biggest WTO merchandise export group for Taiwan in 2024.
This was the biggest WTO merchandise import group for Taiwan in 2024.
Goods exports minus goods imports in 2024. A surplus here shows whether merchandise trade supports or drags on the overall external balance.
Source: WTO bulk download page,
What to watch
Taiwan should first be read through semiconductor capex. When this regime shifts, local how highly shares are valued and sector leadership usually shift with it.
The core read is usually chip capital spending, the profit cycle of foundries and component makers, and whether global technology demand is broadening beyond a single AI hardware theme. That makes electronics exports one of the most important signals for revising the country narrative.
The final layer is technology profit cycle, because it determines whether the macro backdrop turns into sustainable profits support for the TAIEX.
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TWD/USD
What This Signals
This series uses official exchange-rate history and, when EUR is selected, derives the cross-rate from the published local-vs-USD and EUR/USD series. It helps read how the local currency is moving against the dollar or the euro, which matters for imported inflation, funding conditions, and earnings translation. Versus a year ago, the series is lower by 1.4%, which points to a softer or less supportive backdrop on this measure. Across the displayed window, the broader trend is still downward.