Strategic Lens

Critical minerals: Taiwan and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, Taiwan sold USD 13.7 million of critical minerals and metals to United States and bought USD 21.9 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 130 percent, from USD 15.5 million in 2019 to USD 35.6 million in 2025.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

United States's imports from Taiwan: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 4Low 3 / High 13.72025: 13.7

20194
20203
20215.4
20225.8
20237.5
20244.4
202513.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

United States's exports to Taiwan: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 11.5Low 11.5 / High 88.32025: 21.9

201911.5
202060.8
202175.1
202238.5
202366.4
202488.3
202521.9

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026