The U.S. supplied US$384M of Taiwan’s 2024 liquefied petroleum gas imports, a 47.9% share.
Liquefied petroleum gas is a smaller import stream than crude oil or liquefied natural gas, but the supplier pattern is still revealing. Combining propane and butane puts the United States far ahead, followed by Australia and Gulf suppliers. The top five accounted for about 91% of import value. This is a clean customs-code supplier view if the definition is stated clearly.
Source 1: Other Asia, nes Propane, liquefied imports by country, 2024
Publisher: World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade
Dataset/table: HS 271112 propane, liquefied imports by partner
Units: US$ thousands; kilograms
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Supports Taiwan/Other Asia 2024 liquefied-propane import values by supplier.
Note: Supports Taiwan/Other Asia 2024 liquefied-propane import values by supplier.
Source 2: Other Asia, nes Butanes, liquefied imports by country, 2024
Publisher: World Bank WITS / UN Comtrade
Dataset/table: HS 271113 butanes, liquefied imports by partner
Units: US$ thousands; kilograms
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Supports Taiwan/Other Asia 2024 liquefied-butane import values by supplier.
Note: Supports Taiwan/Other Asia 2024 liquefied-butane import values by supplier.
Source 3: Statistics Database Query: Total Imports / Total Exports
Publisher: Customs Administration, Ministry of Finance, R.O.C.
Dataset/table: Commodity and partner-country import query
Units: USD; NTD; metric tons; kilograms; quantity for 11-digit commodity codes
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Provides Taiwan's official query route for propane and butane imports by detailed commodity code and origin.
Note: Provides Taiwan's official query route for propane and butane imports by detailed commodity code and origin.
This uses propane plus butane as the operational liquefied petroleum gas definition. It does not include every possible petroleum-gas subcode.
Combines WITS/UN Comtrade import values for Harmonized System code 271112, liquefied propane, and code 271113, liquefied butanes. Values are 2024 US$ thousands, converted to US$ millions.
Both propane and butane values use WITS/UN Comtrade 2024 import data for Other Asia, nes, the WITS reporter label for Taiwan.
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