Report of Foreign Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 (6-k)



			1934 Act Registration No. 1-14700

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549

		FORM 6-K
	REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
		For the month of February 2021 (Commission File Number: 001-14700)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
		No. 8, Li-Hsin Rd. 6, Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, R.O.C. (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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SIGNATURES



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


		Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
Date:	February 9, 2021	By	/s/ Wendell Huang
			Wendell Huang
			Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

TSMC January 2021 Revenue Report

Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. –Feb. 9, 2021 - TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its net revenues for January 2021: On a consolidated basis, revenues for January 2021 were approximately NT$126.75 billion, an increase of 8.0 percent from December 2020 and an increase of 22.2 percent from January 2020.

TSMC January Revenue Report (Consolidated):

(Unit:NT$ million)

Period

January

2021

December 2020

M-o-M Increase

(Decrease)

January

2020

Y-o-Y Increase

(Decrease)

Net Revenues

126,749

117,365

8.0

103,683

22.2

TSMC Spokesperson:

Media Contacts:

Wendell Huang
Vice President and CFO
Tel: 886-3-505-5901

Nina Kao

Head of Public Relations

Tel: 886-3-563-6688 ext.7125036

Mobile: 886-988-239-163

E-Mail: nina_kao@tsmc.com

Hui-Chung Su

Public Relations

Tel: 886-3-563-6688 ext. 7125033

Mobile: 886-988-930-039

E-Mail: hcsuq@tsmc.com

Michael Kramer

Public Relations

Tel: 886-3-563-6688 ext. 7125031

Mobile: 886-988-931-352

E-Mail: pdkramer@tsmc.com


Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited


This is to report the changes or status of 1) sales volume, 2) funds lent to other parties, 3) endorsements and guarantees, and 4) financial derivative transactions for the period of January 2021.

1.	Sales volume (in NT$ thousands)
		Period	Items	2021	2020
		Jan.	Net sales	126,749,152	103,683,135

2.	Funds lent to other parties (in NT$ thousands)
		Lending Company		Limit of lending	Amount Drawn
					Bal. as of period end
		TSMC China*		63,187,140	20,824,320
		TSMC Global**		380,383,802	86,896,100
		* The borrower is TSMC Nanjing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC.
		** The borrower is TSMC.

3.	Endorsements and guarantees (in NT$ thousands)：
		Guarantor		Limit of guarantee	Amount
					Bal. as of period end
		TSMC*		446,840,257	2,332,552
		TSMC**		446,840,257	84,093,000
		TSMC Japan Ltd.***		178,736,103	354,948
		* The guarantee was provided to TSMC North America, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC. The guarantee was provided to TSMC Global, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC. * The guarantee was provided to TSMC Design Technology Japan, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSMC.


4. Financial derivative transactions (in NT$ thousands)
	(1) Derivatives not under hedge accounting.
		‧TSMC
				Forward
		Margin Payment		-
		Premium Income (Expense)		-
		Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	155,051,049
			Mark to Market Profit/Loss	694,376
			Unrealized Profit/Loss	(1,337,151)
		Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	61,421,935
		Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	260,302
		Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N

		‧TSMC China
				Forward
		Margin Payment		-
		Premium Income (Expense)		-
		Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	23,029,825
			Mark to Market Profit/Loss	38,557
			Unrealized Profit/Loss	(48,430)
		Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	21,267,944
		Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	339,722
		Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N


	‧TSMC Nanjing
			Forward
	Margin Payment		-
	Premium Income (Expense)		-
	Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	12,331,465
		Mark to Market Profit/Loss	23,788
		Unrealized Profit/Loss	(13,620)
	Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	9,613,389
	Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	150,025
	Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N


(2) Derivatives under hedge accounting.
	‧TSMC
			Forward
	Margin Payment		-
	Premium Income (Expense)		-
	Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	4,124,323
		Mark to Market Profit/Loss	(17,266)
		Unrealized Profit/Loss	(18,410)
	Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	-
	Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	1,144
	Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N


‧TSMC Global
		Future
Margin Payment		(36,496)
Premium Income (Expense)		-
Outstanding Contracts	Notional Amount	3,554,331
	Mark to Market Profit/Loss	4,302
	Unrealized Profit/Loss	5,417
Expired Contracts	Notional Amount	277,507
Expired Contracts	Realized Profit/Loss	(634)
Equity price linked product (Y/N)		N