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Where does Taiwan get its natural gas? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Taiwan imported $11.6 billion of natural gas (19.7 million tonnes), 3% of the world total. Its main sources were Australia (40%), Qatar (22%) and Papua New Guinea (8%). Taiwan was the world’s 11th-largest importer of natural gas.

Summary

Value
$11.6billion
Tonnes
19.7million tonnes
Share of world total
3%
World rank
11th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 15 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Australia4.7Tonnes: 7,977,530USD per tonne: $58940.4%Sea
Qatar2.5Tonnes: 4,311,438USD per tonne: $58921.8%Sea
Papua New Guinea0.94Tonnes: 1,595,668USD per tonne: $5898.1%Sea
United States0.82Tonnes: 1,380,153USD per tonne: $5917%Sea
Malaysia0.63Tonnes: 1,079,073USD per tonne: $5855.4%Sea
Indonesia0.55Tonnes: 932,467USD per tonne: $5884.7%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.28Tonnes: 471,325USD per tonne: $5892.4%Sea
Brunei0.28Tonnes: 429,385USD per tonne: $6462.4%Sea
Russia0.21Tonnes: 364,283USD per tonne: $5891.8%Sea
Oman0.18Tonnes: 305,237USD per tonne: $5891.6%Sea
Nigeria0.15Tonnes: 263,604USD per tonne: $5871.3%Sea
Equatorial Guinea0.14Tonnes: 237,504USD per tonne: $5891.2%Sea
Peru0.13Tonnes: 229,036USD per tonne: $5801.1%Sea
Mozambique0.08Tonnes: 147,494USD per tonne: $5640.71%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 64USD per tonne: $4800%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Australia has been its main source since 2019

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

  • Australia 4.7
  • Qatar 2.5
  • Papua New Guinea 0.94
  • United States 0.82
  • Malaysia 0.63

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia04.7
Qatar02.5
Papua New Guinea00.94
United States< 0.010.82
Malaysia0.070.63

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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