Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Japan and Taiwan

First country

Second country

In 2025, Japan sold USD 15.0 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Taiwan and bought USD 4.68 billion from it.

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 13.63Low 12.23 / High 15.972025: 15.01

201913.63
202012.93
202115.97
202215.69
202312.23
202412.35
202515.01

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 3.74Low 3.27 / High 4.682025: 4.68

20193.74
20203.27
20213.97
20224.26
20234.21
20244.05
20254.68

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026