Naphtha was 60% of Taiwan’s petroleum-product imports; Russia supplied 49% of naphtha.
Naphtha is the petroleum-product import that links energy trade to Taiwan’s petrochemical base. EIA reports that naphtha made up 60% of imported petroleum products in 2025 and that Russia supplied 49% of naphtha. The United Arab Emirates and Qatar were the next named sources. The public figure is strong for concentration, but not a complete top-five ranking.
Source 1: 2026 Taiwan Analysis Brief
Publisher: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Dataset/table: Figure 11: Taiwan's petroleum product imports by product type, 2025; naphtha source note
Units: shares; barrels per day; short tons; billion cubic feet, depending figure
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Supports naphtha's 60% product share and named naphtha source shares for Russia, UAE and Qatar.
Note: Supports naphtha's 60% product share and named naphtha source shares for Russia, UAE and Qatar.
Source 2: Figure 11 workbook: Taiwan petroleum-product imports by product type, 2025
Publisher: U.S. Energy Information Administration
Dataset/table: Taiwan_CAB_Fig11.xlsx
Units: barrels per day
Date checked: 2026-05-14
Evidence: Supports the 177,091 b/d naphtha import figure used for derived volumes.
Note: Supports the 177,091 b/d naphtha import figure used for derived volumes.
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 route to extract detailed petroleum/naphtha commodity imports by country of origin.
Note: Provides Taiwan's official route to extract detailed petroleum/naphtha commodity imports by country of origin.
Public EIA text names Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, then groups the rest as other. Add Vortexa or Taiwan Customs detail before publishing a literal top-five naphtha supplier page.
Uses EIA’s petroleum-product type figure and source note for naphtha. Approximate barrels per day are derived by applying source shares to the 177,091 b/d naphtha import figure.
Naphtha product volume and named source shares come from EIA/Vortexa, but the public source does not expose all supplier rows.
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