Taiwan’s Largest Ferrous-Scrap Import Suppliers, 2025

Taiwan Ministry of Finance Table 9 ranks ferrous-scrap import rows by value.

Economy

What the Data Shows

This statistic tracks Taiwan’s recycled steel feedstock exposure. The United States is the largest named supplier in the official table, followed by Japan, while an aggregate ‘Other countries’ row is large enough to appear in the top five. That aggregate is kept visible rather than disguised as a country. The chart is production-useful, but the caveat matters because the third row is not a single supplier.

Data table

United States $332.4M 46.6%

Japan $141.8M 19.9%

Other countries $70.7M 9.9%

Mainland China $46.5M 6.5%

Australia $38.2M 5.4%

U.S. supplier share 46.6% MOF 2025 selected-commodity table.

Top-five row share 88.1% Includes official Other Countries row.

Sources

Source 1: Monthly Statistics of Exports and Imports, Dec. 2025 - Table 9

Publisher: Ministry of Finance, R.O.C. (Taiwan)

Dataset/table: Table 9: Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel

Units: US$ thousand

Date checked: 2026-05-14

Evidence: Reports 2025 ferrous-scrap import values by supplier row, led by the U.S.A. and Japan.

Note: Reports 2025 ferrous-scrap import values by supplier row, led by the U.S.A. and Japan.

Source 2: Dec. 2025 Monthly Statistics of Exports and Imports

Publisher: Ministry of Finance, R.O.C. (Taiwan)

Dataset/table: External Trade Statistics e-book page

Units: Publication metadata

Date checked: 2026-05-14

Evidence: Identifies the Dec. 2025 external trade tables and Table 9 imports by selected commodity and country.

Note: Identifies the Dec. 2025 external trade tables and Table 9 imports by selected commodity and country.

Data notes & caveats

Import values are official Taiwan Ministry of Finance selected-commodity statistics. ‘Other countries’ is an aggregate row, not a single supplier country.

Methodology

Use the Taiwan Ministry of Finance selected-commodity import-by-country table for ferrous waste and scrap, ranked by US$ value.

Source consistency notes

All values come from one Taiwan Ministry of Finance official table, same publication, year and units.