Imports to Taiwan rose 6.8% year-on-year to USD 37 billion in February 2026, significantly easing from a 63.6% surge in the previous month and well below market expectations of a 23.7% gain. It was the weakest annual growth since the decline in January 2025, despite increased purchases of electronic products (24%), information, communication, and audio-video products (81.9%), and machinery (0.2%). Meanwhile, imports fell for mineral products (-30.2%), particularly petroleum (-32.5%), and chemicals (-18.3%). By origin, arrivals increased the most from Mainland China and Hong Kong (20.7%), ASEAN countries (27.5%), and South Korea (14.7%). Imports from Japan (-8%), the US (-7.5%), and Europe (-14.4%) declined. For the first two months of 2026, Taiwan's total imports reached USD 83.9 billion, a 32.5% increase compared with the same period a year earlier.