Three Countries, Three Different Mixes of Electronics Imports from Taiwan

Taiwan-origin electrical imports into Czechia, Poland and Slovakia tell three different stories. Integrated circuits and communication equipment lead in Czechia. Poland combines integrated circuits with a large and broadly classified flow of electrical parts. Slovakia is dominated by flat-panel display modules and integrated circuits. The totals alone hide these differences.

Trade figures are often used as a shortcut for market demand. That is risky. Import values can change because of prices, quantities, product mix, customs clearance routes or movements within European supply chains. They do not show profit, final use or the opportunity available to a particular supplier.

Used carefully, however, customs data can show which product categories are moving through a market and how the structure differs between neighbouring countries.

This comparison uses Eurostat Comext data for imports from Taiwan into Czechia, Poland and Slovakia between 2022 and 2025. It starts with the broad HS chapter 85 and then separates it into four-digit product headings.

The broad picture

In 2025, Poland reported the highest import value in HS chapter 85 among the three countries, at EUR 670.6 million. Czechia reported EUR 312.2 million and Slovakia EUR 146.9 million.

The direction of travel was different in each market:

Czechia recovered in 2025 after two weaker years, but remained below its 2022 total. Poland stayed comparatively stable across the period. Slovakia recorded a sustained decline in the broad chapter.

These totals are only the beginning. HS chapter 85 includes integrated circuits, communication equipment, displays, batteries, electrical control devices, vehicle lighting, cables, household appliances and many other products.

What the countries imported in 2025

The four-digit product breakdown reveals much sharper differences:

The listed categories do not overlap. “Other HS 85 categories” is the remainder after subtracting the named headings from the complete chapter total.

Czechia: integrated circuits rebounded while communication equipment declined

Integrated circuits and parts were the largest Czech category in 2025. HS 8542 reached EUR 138.5 million, representing 44.3% of Czechia’s HS 85 imports from Taiwan.

The annual change was large. The category increased from EUR 74.7 million in 2024 to EUR 138.5 million in 2025, a rise of 85.4%. Yet the longer comparison is less dramatic: the 2025 value was only 0.6% above the EUR 137.7 million reported in 2022.

The Czech rebound therefore looks more like a return to the earlier level than evidence of a new long-term boom.

The second-largest category, HS 8517, moved in the opposite direction. Communication equipment and parts fell from EUR 91.3 million in 2024 to EUR 59.4 million in 2025. Integrated circuits and communication equipment together accounted for 63.3% of the Czech chapter total.

Other visible Czech categories included printed circuits, capacitors, vehicle lighting and signalling equipment, transformers and converters, and electrical switching or connection apparatus.

The detailed composition of HS 8542 also matters. Czech imports in 2025 included:

• EUR 54.6 million in processors and controllers,
• EUR 30.3 million in memories,
• EUR 29.8 million in other integrated circuits,
• EUR 18.9 million in parts of integrated circuits,
• EUR 4.9 million in amplifiers.

For that reason, “integrated circuits and parts” is more accurate than treating the full heading simply as finished chips.

Poland: a larger and more diversified import mix

Poland reported EUR 282.1 million in integrated circuits and parts in 2025. This was 42.1% of its HS 85 total and around twice the Czech value in absolute terms.

The Polish series was steadier than the Czech one. HS 8542 increased by 6.0% between 2024 and 2025, but remained 11.0% below its 2022 value.

Poland also recorded EUR 116.9 million under HS 8543, a broad residual heading for electrical machines and apparatus with individual functions and their parts. A closer six-digit breakdown shows that EUR 115.2 million of this amount was classified under HS 854390: parts of electrical machines and apparatus not elsewhere specified in chapter 85.

That label is too broad to support a confident claim about a specific finished product or end market. It should be presented as a significant but poorly resolved category that deserves further investigation.

Other important Polish headings included:

• EUR 48.7 million in vehicle lighting and signalling equipment,
• EUR 47.5 million in communication equipment and parts,
• EUR 26.8 million in transformers and converters,
• EUR 18.7 million in diodes, transistors, photovoltaic cells and LEDs,
• EUR 17.8 million in electric accumulators.

The Polish total is larger, but the data do not establish that Poland offers twice the commercial opportunity of Czechia. Population, industrial structure, warehousing, re-exports, customs arrangements and the kinds of goods imported all affect the comparison.

Slovakia: display modules shape the result

Slovakia’s 2025 import mix was unusually concentrated. Flat-panel display modules accounted for EUR 73.3 million, or 49.9% of the country’s HS 85 imports from Taiwan. Integrated circuits and parts added another EUR 56.1 million, or 38.2%.

Together, these two headings represented 88.1% of Slovakia’s chapter total.

The display flow was dominated by HS 852491: liquid-crystal flat-panel display modules with drivers or control circuits. This six-digit category alone reached EUR 69.1 million in 2025.

Slovakia’s broad HS 85 imports declined from EUR 227.1 million in 2022 to EUR 146.9 million in 2025. The category history shows why it would be misleading to describe this only as a general decline in “Taiwanese electronics”. Display modules remained near their 2022 value, while several other headings fell sharply.

For example, HS 8537, covering boards and panels for electrical control or distribution, declined from EUR 30.1 million in 2022 to EUR 0.2 million in 2025. HS 8529, covering parts for certain transmission and reception equipment, fell from EUR 31.7 million to EUR 0.2 million over the same period.

At the same time, integrated circuits recovered from EUR 45.7 million in 2024 to EUR 56.1 million in 2025. The Slovak picture is therefore a change in product mix as much as a change in the total value.

What the comparison can tell a Taiwanese company

The data support several cautious observations:

1. Czechia, Poland and Slovakia should not be treated as one uniform Central European electronics market.
2. Czechia’s recent increase came mainly from integrated circuits, while communication equipment declined.
3. Poland has the largest total and the broadest visible mix, but one of its biggest categories is too general to interpret without more detailed product or company-level context.
4. Slovakia’s result is strongly linked to LCD display modules, suggesting a narrower and potentially more supply-chain-specific flow.
5. A supplier should validate the relevant product heading, customers, distributors and final applications before treating import value as market demand.

For a Taiwanese company considering Central Europe, the most useful next step would be to combine customs data with customer mapping. The right questions include:

• Which manufacturers, distributors or contract producers use the relevant component?
• Are the goods consumed locally, stored, processed or re-exported?
• Does the buyer require local technical support, certification or European stock?
• Is Czechia, Poland or Slovakia the final market, or one node in a wider regional supply chain?
• Are the annual changes caused by quantity, price or a few large transactions?

Trade statistics can narrow the search. They cannot answer these commercial questions on their own.

Important limits of the data

This analysis uses annual nominal import values in euros from Eurostat Comext dataset DS-045409. The data were retrieved on 27 September 2026; the dataset reported an update date of 15 September 2026.

Several limits affect interpretation:

• The figures measure customs value, not unit sales, profitability or addressable market.
• Changes in value can reflect prices, quantities, exchange rates and product mix.
• Taiwan is recorded as the country of origin for these extra-EU imports. That does not identify the seller, brand or ownership of the importing company.
• Simple transit is excluded, but customs clearance and quasi-transit can affect which EU member state records an extra-EU import.
• Goods may be processed, stored or dispatched elsewhere after import, so the reporting country is not necessarily the final place of use.
• HS headings can combine finished products and parts. Some categories, especially HS 8543, remain too broad for product-specific conclusions.
• Eurostat revises detailed trade data when corrected or late information becomes available. The values should be checked again before publication.

Eurostat states that detailed data are revised frequently and are generally considered final by October of the following reference year. The 2025 figures were therefore not yet final when this draft was prepared.

The main conclusion

Taiwan-origin electrical imports into Central Europe cannot be understood from the chapter total alone.

Czechia’s 2025 recovery was driven by integrated circuits even as communication equipment declined. Poland combined a large integrated-circuit flow with vehicle electronics, power equipment and a significant but broadly classified category of electrical parts. Slovakia’s result was dominated by LCD display modules and integrated circuits.

These differences point to distinct supply-chain structures. They do not by themselves prove demand for a particular brand or justify a market-entry decision.

For Taiwanese suppliers, the useful opportunity lies in moving from the customs heading to the real operating context: the companies buying the product, the role of the component, the location of final use and the service or compliance requirements around it.

How Kodo can help

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Data and methodology

• Eurostat Comext — complete product breakdown for Czechia and Taiwan, 2022–2025
• Eurostat Comext — complete product breakdown for Poland and Taiwan, 2022–2025
• Eurostat Comext — complete product breakdown for Slovakia and Taiwan, 2022–2025
• Eurostat Comext — Czechia, Taiwan, HS chapter 85, 2022–2025
• Eurostat Comext — Poland, Taiwan, HS chapter 85, 2022–2025
• Eurostat Comext — Slovakia, Taiwan, HS chapter 85, 2022–2025
• Eurostat Comext — Czechia, Taiwan, HS 8542, 2022–2025
• Eurostat Comext — Poland, Taiwan, HS 8542, 2022–2025
• Eurostat Comext — Slovakia, Taiwan, HS 8542, 2022–2025
• Eurostat methodology for international trade in goods
• Eurostat metadata and revision policy for detailed trade data
• European Commission: Combined Nomenclature

This draft provides general trade-data and market-entry information. It is not legal, tax, customs or investment advice. Companies should verify requirements and current data for their products and operating model.