# Taiwan Retail Sales

Taiwan Retail Sales was up 8.5% year on year in September 2026, compared with 6.5% in August 2026.
The level stood at 430,056,826 NTD thousand.
That is the highest reading since June 2023.
Among the 43 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 4th highest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −11.8% (Jun 2021) to 22.5% (Jun 2022), averaging 3.5%.

- Source agency: MOEA
- Makrognosis code: `TW.RETSALES.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: NTD thousand
- Coverage: 2015-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (141 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/taiwan/retail-sales

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 430,056,826 NTD thousand | 8.5 |
| August 2026 | 416,848,790 NTD thousand | 6.5 |
| July 2026 | 418,761,406 NTD thousand | 7.8 |
| June 2026 | 421,255,152 NTD thousand | 8.0 |
| May 2026 | 416,739,224 NTD thousand | 5.2 |
| April 2026 | 404,763,978 NTD thousand | 5.2 |
| March 2026 | 406,176,637 NTD thousand | 3.3 |
| February 2026 | 383,142,111 NTD thousand | 7.7 |
| January 2026 | 430,585,670 NTD thousand | −3.4 |
| December 2025 | 437,886,432 NTD thousand | 0.9 |
| November 2025 | 446,611,307 NTD thousand | 1.6 |
| October 2025 | 418,572,876 NTD thousand | 1.9 |
| September 2025 | 396,270,907 NTD thousand | −1.6 |
| August 2025 | 391,533,210 NTD thousand | 0.4 |
| July 2025 | 388,461,332 NTD thousand | −3.6 |
| June 2025 | 389,968,577 NTD thousand | −2.9 |
| May 2025 | 395,964,562 NTD thousand | −1.4 |
| April 2025 | 384,914,813 NTD thousand | −0.6 |
| March 2025 | 393,104,233 NTD thousand | 0.4 |
| February 2025 | 355,647,942 NTD thousand | −3.8 |
| January 2025 | 445,851,813 NTD thousand | 5.5 |
| December 2024 | 434,092,858 NTD thousand | 3.1 |
| November 2024 | 439,670,124 NTD thousand | 2.2 |
| October 2024 | 410,927,927 NTD thousand | −0.5 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/TW.RETSALES.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/TW.RETSALES.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```
