Strategic Lens

Energy: Taiwan and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2023, Taiwan sold USD 55.7 million of mineral fuels and oils to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 30.6 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils fell 77 percent, from USD 376 million in 2019 to USD 86.3 million in 2023.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

United Arab Emirates's imports from Taiwan: mineral fuels and oils

USD million · 2019 to 2023, calendar years, as reported by United Arab Emirates

2019: 317.2Low 50.2 / High 317.22023: 55.7

2019317.2
2020131
2021110.1
202250.2
202355.7

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

United Arab Emirates's exports to Taiwan: mineral fuels and oils

USD million · 2019 to 2023, calendar years, as reported by United Arab Emirates

2019: 58.5Low 2.5 / High 58.52023: 30.6

201958.5
20202.5
20218.1
202238.8
202330.6

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026