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Where does Taiwan get its coal? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Taiwan imported $9.2 billion of coal (51.2 million tonnes), 5.2% of the world total. Australia sold 57% of the total, followed by Indonesia (22%) and Russia (10%). Taiwan was the world’s 5th-largest importer of coal.

Summary

Value
$9.2billion
Tonnes
51.2million tonnes
Share of world total
5.2%
World rank
5th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 14 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Australia5.3Tonnes: 27,264,561USD per tonne: $19357.4%Sea
Indonesia2Tonnes: 13,518,878USD per tonne: $15122.3%Sea
Russia0.92Tonnes: 4,759,596USD per tonne: $19410.1%Sea
Canada0.39Tonnes: 1,866,333USD per tonne: $2074.2%Sea
South Africa0.23Tonnes: 1,534,963USD per tonne: $1502.5%Sea
Colombia0.23Tonnes: 1,771,620USD per tonne: $1292.5%Sea
Kazakhstan0.08Tonnes: 422,914USD per tonne: $1860.86%Sea
China0.01Tonnes: 46,794USD per tonne: $2840.14%Sea
Vietnam< 0.01Tonnes: 6,462USD per tonne: $3600.03%Sea
France< 0.01Tonnes: 372USD per tonne: $5410%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 611USD per tonne: $1930%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 236USD per tonne: $1470%Sea
Bosnia and Herzegovina< 0.01Tonnes: 71USD per tonne: $780%Sea
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $71,8750%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

Australia was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Australia 5.3
  • Indonesia 2
  • Russia 0.92
  • Canada 0.39
  • South Africa 0.23

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia0.335.3
Indonesia0.192
Russia00.92
Canada0.060.39
South Africa0.110.23

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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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