Planning Fastener Orders Around Taiwan Factory Holidays Beyond Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year is the holiday most buyers plan around, reasonably, since it's the longest and most disruptive — but a handful of other Taiwan public holidays and common factory scheduling practices create smaller, secondary timing effects that are worth knowing about for tightly scheduled orders.
Other national holidays create shorter, more localized impacts
Holidays such as Tomb Sweeping Day (early April), Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival typically involve one to a few days of closure rather than the extended shutdown associated with Lunar New Year, but they can still affect a shipment scheduled right around those dates, particularly for time-sensitive orders where even a two-to-three-day slip matters.
Summer factory maintenance shutdowns are common but not universal
Some Taiwan manufacturers schedule planned equipment maintenance shutdowns during summer months, separate from any public holiday, timed around lower seasonal order volume in certain product categories — this isn't a universal practice across all suppliers, so it's worth asking your specific supplier whether they schedule maintenance shutdowns and when, rather than assuming a fixed industry-wide pattern.
The practical response is the same across all of these: ask, don't assume
For any order with a hard delivery deadline, the most reliable planning approach is asking your specific supplier for their actual holiday and maintenance calendar for the relevant period, rather than building your schedule around a generalized list of Taiwan public holidays that may not reflect that supplier's specific practices.
Ask us for our full holiday and maintenance schedule for the year through our contact form so you can plan time-sensitive orders around it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do all Taiwan factories close for the same public holidays?
Public holidays are set nationally, but individual factory practices around exact closure length, whether they extend closures, and whether they schedule additional maintenance shutdowns vary by company — confirming with your specific supplier is more reliable than assuming a uniform practice.
How much lead time impact should I expect from a shorter holiday like Dragon Boat Festival?
Typically much less than Lunar New Year — often just the one to a few actual closure days rather than an extended pre- and post-holiday effect, though this should still be factored in for very tightly scheduled shipments.
Is it worth asking a supplier for their full annual holiday calendar upfront?
Yes, especially for programs with recurring or time-sensitive orders — having the full calendar in advance lets you build order timing around it rather than discovering a closure date reactively.