Exports from Taiwan jumped 43.4% year-on-year to USD 62.48 billion in December, marking the second-highest monthly level on record. The pace slowed from a 56.0% increase in November and fell short of market expectations of 46%. The surge was fueled by strong demand for AI, high-performance computing, and cloud services, which supported robust shipments of related products. By category, exports rose sharply for information, communication, and audio-video products (+126.3%), electronic parts (+24.1%), and machinery (+11.0%), while shipments of base metals and articles of base metal (-7.8%) and chemicals (-6.7%) declined. By destination, exports to major markets posted broad-based gains, with shipments to the US (+125.9%) leading, followed by Europe (+54.5%), Korea (+33.6%), Japan (+26.2%), ASEAN (+20.3%), and China and Hong Kong (+11.3%). For the full year 2025, Taiwan’s total exports reached USD 640.75 billion, up 34.9% year-on-year, including a 78.0% surge in shipments to the US.