Strategic Lens

Energy: Taiwan and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, Taiwan sold USD 419 million of mineral fuels and oils to United States and bought USD 6.71 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew 54 percent, from USD 4.62 billion in 2019 to USD 7.13 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United States sold USD 6.71 billion of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 419 million the other way.

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: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 229.9Low 127.9 / High 686.32025: 419.3

2019229.9
2020127.9
2021253.9
2022686.3
2023602.3
2024460.5
2025419.3

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: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 4.39Low 3.38 / High 7.332025: 6.71

20194.39
20203.38
20214.71
20227.19
20237.09
20247.33
20256.71

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026