Strategic Lens

Energy: Japan and Taiwan

First country

Second country

In 2025, Japan sold USD 200 million of mineral fuels and oils to Taiwan and bought USD 225 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in mineral fuels and oils runs both ways in similar amounts: Japan sold USD 200 million and Taiwan sold USD 225 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils fell 51 percent, from USD 874 million in 2019 to USD 425 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

Japan's exports to Taiwan: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 707.6Low 200 / High 707.62025: 200

2019707.6
2020299.7
2021356.5
2022345.2
2023276.9
2024299.5
2025200

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Japan's imports from Taiwan: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 166.4Low 57.5 / High 2252025: 225

2019166.4
202072.6
202157.5
2022132.1
202361.3
2024162.5
2025225

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026