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Where does Taiwan get its aircraft and helicopters? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Taiwan imported $2 billion of aircraft and helicopters (2 thousand tonnes), 1.3% of the world total. Its main sources were France (42%), the United States (41%) and Germany (14%). Taiwan was the world’s 21st-largest importer of aircraft and helicopters.

Summary

Value
$2billion
Tonnes
2thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.3%
World rank
21st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 16 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
France839Tonnes: 939USD per tonne: $893,39742%Air
United States817Tonnes: 668USD per tonne: $1,222,79640.9%Air
Germany275Tonnes: 203USD per tonne: $1,354,90813.8%Air
Thailand46Tonnes: 76USD per tonne: $603,3022.3%Air
Italy11.3Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $1,798,2250.57%Air
Canada4.8Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $1,797,0280.24%Air
Bulgaria2Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $19,238,4190.1%Air
Israel1.4Tonnes: 13USD per tonne: $111,0010.07%Air
Poland0.43Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,128,5070.02%Air
Czechia0.11Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $236,5320.01%Air
China0.03Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $179,0190%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.03Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $27,065,0000%Air
Singapore re-exports0.02Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Croatia0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,024,5000%Air
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $58,4170%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

France has been its main source since 2024

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • France 0.84
  • United States 0.82
  • Germany 0.28
  • Thailand 0.05
  • Italy 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
France0.220.84
United States1.20.82
Germany00.28
Thailand00.05
Italy00.01

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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