Exports from Taiwan surged 51.7% year-on-year to USD 78.5 billion in May 2026, accelerating from 39% in the previous period and comfortably surpassing market expectations of 37.9%. Shipments were broadly strong across key export categories, particularly information, communication and audio-video products (75.2%), electronic product parts (56%), machinery (22.7%), base metals and articles of base metals (1.6%), and electrical machinery products (33.4%). All major trading partners recorded solid gains, including the US (47.9%), Mainland China and Hong Kong (35.4%), ASEAN countries (90.8%), Europe (40.3%), Japan (32.3%), and Korea (43.3%). For the first five months of the year, total exports reached USD 341.8 billion, a 48.7% increase compared to the same period a year earlier.