How dependent is Taiwan on Indonesia?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Indonesia sells 18.5% of what the world exports of stainless steel sheet; next come China (16.7%), Belgium (9.5%) and Finland (8.1%). The rest of the world exported 17.1 times what Taiwan buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 57.6% of what the world exports of stainless steel ingots and semi-finished products; next come United Kingdom (10.7%), Sweden (5.1%) and Italy (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 3.5 times what Taiwan buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 11.2% of what the world exports of shaped wood and parquet strips; next come Brazil (13%), China (9%) and Chile (5.3%). The rest of the world exported 83 times what Taiwan buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 14.5% of what the world exports of tissue paper stock; next come Turkey (11.3%), China (9.9%) and Italy (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 90.1 times what Taiwan buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 4.9% of what the world exports of other wood articles; next come China (40%), Poland (6.7%) and Germany (5.6%). The rest of the world exported 140.7 times what Taiwan buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 1.8% of what the world exports of fishing vessels; next come Turkey (21.3%), Spain (13.6%) and Norway (13.6%). The rest of the world exported 54.7 times what Taiwan buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 26.7% of what the world exports of artificial staple fiber (viscose); next come Austria (27.5%), China (14.7%) and Thailand (11.5%). The rest of the world exported 152.4 times what Taiwan buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 86.5% of what the world exports of lignite; next come Philippines (4.5%), Russia (3.9%) and Mongolia (1.1%). The rest of the world exported 99.3 times what Taiwan buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 63.1% of what the world exports of edible insects and other animal products; next come Malaysia (22.2%), Hong Kong (3.9%) and China (3.5%). The rest of the world exported 28 times what Taiwan buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 3.4% of what the world exports of lightweight polyester-cotton fabric; next come China (53.7%), Pakistan (11.7%) and United States (3.9%). The rest of the world exported 390.1 times what Taiwan buys from Indonesia.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Taiwan is Indonesia’s 11th-largest customer, with 2.6% of its exports.

• Trade between Taiwan and Indonesia
• Who does Taiwan rely on?
• Who does Indonesia rely on?
• Dependence of Taiwan on China
• Dependence of Taiwan on Australia
• Dependence of Taiwan on the United States
• Dependence of Taiwan on Japan
• Dependence of Taiwan on Hong Kong
• Dependence of Taiwan on Brazil
• Dependence of Taiwan on Switzerland
• Trade profile of Taiwan
• Trade profile of Indonesia
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.