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Taiwan Logistics Growth Index falls to 55.0 in October 2026 — lowest in 2 months

7 November 2026 — Taiwan’s Logistics Growth Index, published today by the World Research Institute (WRI), registered 55.0 in October 2026, -0.2 on a revised 55.1 in September 2026, signalling expansion in the economy’s logistics-sector activity (50 = no change).

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47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 50 = no change 55.0 Jan '26 Feb '26 Mar '26 Apr '26 May '26 Jun '26 Jul '26 Aug '26 Sep '26 Oct '26 Source: World Research Institute (WRI) — intelligence.worldresearch.org/lgi

Key figures

  • Taiwan Logistics Growth Index: 55.0 (October 2026), prior 55.1 (revised), change -0.2
  • Rank: 1st of 42 economies; 1st of 16 in Asia-Pacific
  • Asia-Pacific Logistics Index: 50.9
  • World Logistics Index: 51.2
  • Lowest reading in 2 months.
  • Next release: 7 December 2026, 09:00 UTC

Changes and ranks are calculated from unrounded readings, so a change can differ by 0.1 from the difference of the rounded figures shown, and economies with the same rounded reading can hold different ranks.

WRI’s assessment

Taiwan's Logistics Growth Index edged down to 55.0 in October 2026 from a revised 55.1, remaining in expansion despite freight disruption from a late-October typhoon. The headline was pulled lower as the transportation index fell into contraction, while rises in business volume and goods for sale provided support, driven by continued manufacturing growth and peak-season retail demand.

Full Taiwan report — sub-indexes, drivers and forecast →

“Typhoon-related port restrictions disrupted the movement of freight in Taiwan in late October, but logistics activity grew at about the same pace as in September. Firm factory output and retail demand helped keep it growing.”
— Stephen Poh, Principal Economist, World Research Institute

About the Logistics Growth Index

The Taiwan Logistics Growth Index (LGI) is one of the 42 economy readings of the World Research Institute’s monthly Logistics Growth Index (LGI), which combines them by GDP weight into four regional indexes and the World Logistics Index. A reading above 50 signals expansion and below 50 contraction. The World and regional Logistics Index readings are published openly at intelligence.worldresearch.org/lgi; country reports are available to subscribers, to accredited journalists via press access, and any reader may claim one complimentary country edition. Methodology: intelligence.worldresearch.org/methodology. Research for the October 2026 readings closed on 3 November 2026.

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