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Defence and arms: Taiwan and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, Taiwan sold USD 148 million of arms and ammunition to United States and bought USD 255 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in arms and ammunition grew 137 percent, from USD 170 million in 2019 to USD 403 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: arms and ammunition

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

2019: 107.4Low 107.4 / High 247.12025: 148.1

2019107.4
2020149.9
2021247.1
2022205.8
2023135.6
2024146.7
2025148.1

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: arms and ammunition

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

2019: 62.8Low 55.9 / High 255.32025: 255.3

201962.8
202079
202155.9
2022148.8
2023101.5
2024119.1
2025255.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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