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Supply chains and manufacturing: China and Taiwan

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 15.2 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Taiwan and bought USD 36.9 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 87 percent, from USD 27.8 billion in 2019 to USD 52.1 billion 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

China's exports to Taiwan: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 10.3Low 10.3 / High 15.662025: 15.21

201910.3
202011.19
202114.54
202215.66
202312.57
202414.97
202515.21

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from Taiwan: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 17.53Low 17.53 / High 36.892025: 36.89

201917.53
202021.23
202126.18
202222.52
202321.12
202435.88
202536.89

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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