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Where does Taiwan get its unwrought aluminum? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Taiwan imported $1.5 billion of unwrought aluminum (572 thousand tonnes), 1.9% of the world total. Its main sources were Australia (25%), the United Arab Emirates (16%) and India (13%). Taiwan was the world’s 15th-largest importer of unwrought aluminum.

Summary

Value
$1.5billion
Tonnes
572thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.9%
World rank
15th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Australia365Tonnes: 145,583USD per tonne: $2,50724.6%Sea
United Arab Emirates231Tonnes: 86,143USD per tonne: $2,68715.6%Sea
India198Tonnes: 78,427USD per tonne: $2,52413.4%Sea
Russia155Tonnes: 61,289USD per tonne: $2,53110.5%Sea
Vietnam104Tonnes: 42,328USD per tonne: $2,4667%Sea
Malaysia95.9Tonnes: 36,828USD per tonne: $2,6056.5%Sea
Qatar76.9Tonnes: 28,100USD per tonne: $2,7385.2%Sea
Saudi Arabia70.2Tonnes: 27,742USD per tonne: $2,5324.7%Sea
Bahrain44.2Tonnes: 16,550USD per tonne: $2,6723%Sea
Tajikistan28.9Tonnes: 11,327USD per tonne: $2,5522%Sea
Singapore re-exports20.7Tonnes: 4,399USD per tonne: $4,6991.4%Sea
New Zealand16.4Tonnes: 6,718USD per tonne: $2,4391.1%Sea
China15.1Tonnes: 4,633USD per tonne: $3,2631%Sea
South Korea14.3Tonnes: 5,252USD per tonne: $2,7270.97%Sea
Oman10.9Tonnes: 4,600USD per tonne: $2,3780.74%Sea
South Africa7.6Tonnes: 3,204USD per tonne: $2,3650.51%Sea
Indonesia3.8Tonnes: 1,442USD per tonne: $2,6060.25%Sea
Germany3.7Tonnes: 315USD per tonne: $11,8480.25%Sea
Thailand3.4Tonnes: 1,388USD per tonne: $2,4270.23%Sea
Nigeria3.1Tonnes: 1,339USD per tonne: $2,3060.21%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Australia has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Australia 365
  • United Arab Emirates 231
  • India 198
  • Russia 155
  • Vietnam 104

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia226365
United Arab Emirates0231
India0.58198
Russia0155
Vietnam0104

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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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