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Defence and arms: Taiwan and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, Taiwan sold USD 10.5 million of arms and ammunition to United Kingdom.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in arms and ammunition grew 60 percent, from USD 6.8 million in 2019 to USD 10.8 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Taiwan sold USD 10.5 million of arms and ammunition, and United Kingdom sold almost none.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

United Kingdom's imports from Taiwan: arms and ammunition

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by United Kingdom

2019: 6.4Low 6.4 / High 14.22025: 10.5

20196.4
20207.9
20217.7
202214.2
202310.5
202410.1
202510.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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