Taiwan’s export orders rose 62.4% from a year earlier to a record $114.21 billion in September, with electronic products and information and communication products accounting for nearly 80% of the total.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs released the figures on Oct. 20. Orders were 10.9% higher than in August, although the gain narrowed to 1.1% after seasonal adjustment. From January through September, orders totaled $819.20 billion, up 56% from the same period in 2025.
The United States accounted for $45.38 billion of September’s orders, the largest amount in the ministry’s regional data. Orders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations totaled $20.85 billion. Mainland China and Hong Kong together accounted for $18.21 billion.
Electronic products drew $47.42 billion in orders, while information and communication products drew $43.88 billion. Those categories grew 71% and 87.3%, respectively, from September 2025 and together represented 79.9% of all orders. Optical equipment moved in the opposite direction, with orders falling 5.6% to $1.97 billion.
In an assessment issued Sept. 29, before the September figures were published, the ministry linked earlier order growth to demand for artificial intelligence, high-performance computing and cloud services. It identified Taiwan’s semiconductor and server supply chains as beneficiaries of that demand.
An export order records a purchase request, not necessarily a shipment from Taiwan. The ministry says some products covered by its orders are made overseas, so the record order total differs from the value of goods shipped through Taiwan’s customs system. The Ministry of Finance put customs-recorded exports at $87.22 billion in September, 60.9% higher than a year earlier.
The ministry is scheduled to release its September industrial production index on Oct. 23. Its report on October export orders is scheduled for Nov. 20.
