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Taiwan: chips and chip-making tools

How much of Taiwan's trade in each good crosses the US-China control line.

The lines, the same for both channels: a country is inside the lines when at least 15% of its trade in the good crosses the control line, on a side with at least US$1bn of trade; Medium from 25%, High from 40%.

Chips electronic integrated circuits (HS 8542)

Medium

Capped at Medium: the method caps this country's band at Medium.

Share of electronic integrated circuits (HS 8542) exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, by value

51.2% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao (of US$209.2bn), 2025

A significant part of Taiwan's chip exports goes to China, Hong Kong and Macao, so allied export controls and Chinese substitution can reach this trade.

The other side

  • imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao: 16.2% (of US$130.2bn), 2025

Source: Ministry of Finance R.O.C., Trade Statistics Database (general trade system), exports by country and major commodity, 2025 (ROC 114) (Chinese). Confidence: medium

Chip-making tools machines for making chips, wafers and flat panels, and their parts (HS 8486)

Medium

Share of machines for making chips, wafers and flat panels, and their parts (HS 8486) exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao, by value

30.9% exports to China, Hong Kong and Macao (of US$5.46bn), 2025

A significant part of Taiwan's chip-making tool exports goes to China, Hong Kong and Macao, so allied export controls and Chinese substitution can reach this trade.

The other side

  • imports from China, Hong Kong and Macao: 1.9% (of US$29.2bn), 2025

Source: Ministry of Finance R.O.C., Trade Statistics Database (general trade system), exports by country and major commodity, 2025 (ROC 114) (Chinese). Confidence: medium

1 counted control action aimed at Taiwan in the tracker

A cell shows a figure only when it rests on an open official source. “Assessment pending open data” means the figure rests on a source we may not publish yet: it carries no number and no band, is hatched on the map and adds no points to the ranking, until an open national figure replaces it. “At least Medium” means only one side of the trade has an open figure: the band is a floor, not the full assessment.

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