Exports from Taiwan surged 42.0% year-on-year to a record USD 56.68 billion in July 2025, following a 33.7% increase in the previous month and outperforming market expectations of 28.7% growth. This represented the strongest annual expansion in export activity since May 2010, led by a sharp rise in shipments of information, communication, and audio-video products (+87.1%). Other notable contributors included electronic parts (+34.1%), machinery (+14.0%), and chemicals (+9.6%). Conversely, shipments fell for base metals and articles of base metal (-1.8%). By destination, exports to key markets climbed robustly, with shipments rising to the US (+62.8%), ASEAN (+71.6%), China & Hong Kong (+23.9%), Europe (+4.1%) and Japan (+0.5%). For the January–July period, total exports reached USD 339.94 billion, marking a 28.3% increase from the same period last year, including a 53.5% surge in shipments to the US.