globaltraffic.earth

Trade between Qatar and Taiwan

In 2024, Qatar exported $4.3 billion to Taiwan and imported $124 million. Qatar ran a surplus of $4.2 billion with Taiwan, compared with a surplus of $2.7 billion in 2019. Taiwan was Qatar’s 8th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Qatar was Taiwan’s 25th (0.5%).

Summary

Qatar → Taiwan
$4.3billion
Taiwan → Qatar
$124million
Qatar’s balance
$4.2billion

Balance

Qatar’s trade balance with Taiwan

Trade between Qatar and Taiwan grew 35.9-fold since 1997

USD billions (current). Qatar’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 4.3
  • Imports 0.1
  • Balance +4.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$0$0$0
1996$0$0$0
1997$108 million$15 million$93 million
1998$63 million$16 million$47 million
1999$33 million$17 million$16 million
2000$53 million$43 million$10 million
2001$74 million$42 million$32 million
2002$84 million$41 million$44 million
2003$173 million$26 million$148 million
2004$255 million$24 million$231 million
2005$795 million$64 million$731 million
2006$1.1 billion$79 million$1.1 billion
2007$707 million$111 million$596 million
2008$1.3 billion$156 million$1.2 billion
2009$907 million$69 million$838 million
2010$2.1 billion$142 million$1.9 billion
2011$3.8 billion$78 million$3.7 billion
2012$5.7 billion$166 million$5.5 billion
2013$6.4 billion$175 million$6.2 billion
2014$5.2 billion$207 million$5 billion
2015$3.9 billion$214 million$3.7 billion
2016$2.3 billion$182 million$2.2 billion
2017$2.6 billion$211 million$2.4 billion
2018$2.9 billion$243 million$2.7 billion
2019$2.8 billion$144 million$2.7 billion
2020$2.3 billion$106 million$2.2 billion
2021$2.8 billion$138 million$2.6 billion
2022$4 billion$144 million$3.9 billion
2023$3.9 billion$98 million$3.8 billion
2024$4.3 billion$124 million$4.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Qatar sells to Taiwan

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Natural gas and LPG$2.6 billion · 59.8%
    4.4 million tonnes
  2. Crude petroleum$1.1 billion · 26.6%
    2.2 million tonnes · Qatar’s destinations
  3. Refined petroleum$246 million · 5.7%
    506 thousand tonnes · Qatar’s destinations
  4. Hydrogen and rare gases$169 million · 3.9%
    1 thousand tonnes
  5. Unwrought aluminum$77 million · 1.8%
    28 thousand tonnes · Qatar’s destinations
  6. Polyethylene$76 million · 1.8%
    72 thousand tonnes · Qatar’s destinations
  7. Ammonia$10 million · 0.23%
    24 thousand tonnes
  8. Copper scrap$2 million · 0.06%
    299 tonnes
  9. Alcohols$2 million · 0.05%
    5 thousand tonnes
  10. Gas cylinders$2 million · 0.04%
    3 thousand tonnes

What Taiwan sells to Qatar

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$22 million · 18%
    2 thousand tonnes · Qatar’s sources
  2. Cameras and broadcast equipment$12 million · 10.1%
    36 tonnes
  3. Computers$9 million · 7.6%
    22 tonnes · Taiwan’s destinations
  4. Stainless steel sheet$5 million · 3.9%
    2 thousand tonnes
  5. Auto parts$4 million · 3.2%
    568 tonnes · Taiwan’s destinations
  6. Steel structures$4 million · 2.8%
    524 tonnes
  7. Computer and office machine parts$3 million · 2.8%
    39 tonnes
  8. Polystyrene$3 million · 2.4%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. PVC and other vinyl polymers$2 million · 1.5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Video recorders and players$2 million · 1.4%
    8 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamad Port to Kaohsiung.

The estimated sea route between Hamad Port and Kaohsiung is 5,360 nautical miles (9,926 km) long: ≈ 12.5–16 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Hormuz; and Strait of Malacca and Singapore.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$4.2 billion · 95.3%
  2. Air$207 million · 4.7%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Taiwan was Qatar’s 8th largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Qatar was Taiwan’s 25th (0.5%).

Taiwan in Qatar’s trade
3.5%
Taiwan’s rank among Qatar’s partners
8th
Qatar in Taiwan’s trade
0.5%
Qatar’s rank among Taiwan’s partners
25th

Compare with

Other partners of Qatar

Other partners of Taiwan

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.