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Where does Taiwan get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Taiwan imported $1.6 billion of electric cables (69 thousand tonnes), 0.9% of the world total. China sold 57% of the total, followed by South Korea (11%) and the United States (7%). Taiwan was the world’s 29th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$1.6billion
Tonnes
69thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.9%
World rank
29th
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
China882Tonnes: 27,396USD per tonne: $32,19356.6%Sea
South Korea176Tonnes: 23,296USD per tonne: $7,57611.3%Sea
United States113Tonnes: 2,801USD per tonne: $40,3547.3%Air
Japan55.3Tonnes: 1,676USD per tonne: $32,9913.6%Air
Germany45.2Tonnes: 617USD per tonne: $73,3052.9%Air
Vietnam40.9Tonnes: 1,410USD per tonne: $28,9762.6%Sea
Malaysia35Tonnes: 2,373USD per tonne: $14,7332.2%Sea
Indonesia29.5Tonnes: 1,562USD per tonne: $18,9081.9%Sea
Netherlands re-exports29.2Tonnes: 583USD per tonne: $50,0151.9%Air
Philippines21.7Tonnes: 914USD per tonne: $23,6971.4%Sea
Greece17.2Tonnes: 2,895USD per tonne: $5,9311.1%Sea
Mexico16.4Tonnes: 145USD per tonne: $112,5751.1%Air
Thailand13.9Tonnes: 712USD per tonne: $19,5820.89%Sea
Singapore re-exports10.5Tonnes: 67USD per tonne: $156,7690.68%Air
India10Tonnes: 629USD per tonne: $15,9360.64%Sea
Spain8Tonnes: 182USD per tonne: $44,2320.52%Air
France5.3Tonnes: 207USD per tonne: $25,7960.34%Sea
Hungary4.7Tonnes: 24USD per tonne: $197,4420.3%Air
Switzerland4.1Tonnes: 94USD per tonne: $43,3660.26%Sea
United Kingdom3.8Tonnes: 207USD per tonne: $18,3160.24%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2000

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

  • China 882
  • South Korea 176
  • United States 113
  • Japan 55.3
  • Germany 45.2

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China42.9882
South Korea2.1176
United States67.3113
Japan98.255.3
Germany15.445.2

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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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