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Where does Taiwan get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Taiwan imported $8.1 billion of cars (406 thousand tonnes), 0.9% of the world total. Its main sources were Germany (34%), Japan (27%) and the United States (12%). Taiwan was the world’s 24th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$8.1billion
Tonnes
406thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.9%
World rank
24th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Germany2.7Tonnes: 112,459USD per tonne: $24,32233.6%Sea
Japan2.2Tonnes: 141,824USD per tonne: $15,55227.1%Sea
United States0.95Tonnes: 39,582USD per tonne: $23,91111.6%Sea
South Korea0.27Tonnes: 20,843USD per tonne: $12,7523.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.26Tonnes: 14,703USD per tonne: $17,4263.2%Sea
Slovakia0.23Tonnes: 8,849USD per tonne: $26,0272.8%Sea
Mexico0.2Tonnes: 8,760USD per tonne: $22,3682.4%Sea
United Kingdom0.19Tonnes: 5,564USD per tonne: $34,3952.4%Sea
Czechia0.19Tonnes: 12,387USD per tonne: $15,4132.4%Sea
Italy0.17Tonnes: 1,531USD per tonne: $109,7112.1%Air
Sweden0.16Tonnes: 8,006USD per tonne: $19,3641.9%Sea
Hungary0.1Tonnes: 4,405USD per tonne: $23,6011.3%Sea
Spain0.1Tonnes: 6,293USD per tonne: $16,0841.2%Sea
South Africa0.09Tonnes: 4,336USD per tonne: $20,5691.1%Sea
Austria0.07Tonnes: 1,907USD per tonne: $38,4720.9%Sea
Thailand0.06Tonnes: 4,068USD per tonne: $13,8570.69%Sea
Canada0.06Tonnes: 2,978USD per tonne: $18,9080.69%Sea
Portugal0.04Tonnes: 2,812USD per tonne: $15,6930.54%Sea
Poland0.03Tonnes: 1,567USD per tonne: $16,0990.31%Sea
Finland0.01Tonnes: 761USD per tonne: $17,4670.16%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Germany has been its main source since 2024

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

  • Germany 2.7
  • Japan 2.2
  • United States 0.95
  • South Korea 0.27
  • Belgium 0.26

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Germany0.792.7
Japan0.012.2
United States0.960.95
South Korea0.080.27
Belgium0.190.26

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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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