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Imports to Taiwan rose 6.8% year-on-year to USD 37 billion in February 2026, significantly easing from a 63.6% surge in the previous month and well below market expectations of a 23.7% gain. It was the weakest annual growth since the decline in January 2025, despite increased purchases of electronic products (up 24%), information, communication, and audio-video products (up 81.9%), and machinery (up 0.2%). Meanwhile, imports fell for mineral products (-30.2%), particularly petroleum (-32.5%), and chemicals (-18.3%). By origin, arrivals increased the most from Mainland China and Hong Kong (up 20.7%), ASEAN countries (up 27.5%), and South Korea (up 14.7%). Imports from Japan (-8%), the US (-7.5%), and Europe (-14.4%) declined. For the first two months of 2026, Taiwan's total imports reached USD 83.9 billion, a 32.5% increase compared with the same period a year earlier.

Taiwan Imports Growth at Over 1-Year Low

Frankfurt's DAX 40 dropped nearly 3% to below the 23,000 mark on Monday, a low level not seen since April 2025, extending previous week's decline. The index tracked losses across European peers as heightened Middle East tensions and soaring oil prices raised fears of a prolonged energy crisis. Traders are ramping up their bets on ECB rate hikes, now pricing in two 25-basis-point increases this year, up from expectations of just one as of Friday. Losses were seen across all sectors, led by industrials, tech stocks and banks.

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Construction output in Slovakia fell by 1.9% year-on-year in January 2026, reversing sharply from an 11.7% increase in the previous month. This marked the first month of decline since April last year, largely driven by weak activity from foreign builders, whose output plunged 19.3%, a stark shift from the 23.5% growth recorded in December 2025. Construction of buildings, a key component of domestic production, also declined (-3.3% vs 5.7%), alongside repairs and maintenance (-5% vs 10.1%). Still, total domestic construction activity increased slightly (1% vs 10.4%), extending its growth streak to a third straight month despite the winter season, supported by increases in new construction (2.3% vs 10.2%) and civil engineering works (15.8% vs 21.4%), the latter accounting for roughly a quarter of total output.

Slovakia Construction Output Falls For 1st Time in 9 Months

The FTSE 100 Index is falling -198 points. Losses were driven by Rolls-Royce (-6.32%), Anglo American (-6.13%) and Antofagasta (-5.89%).

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