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Preliminary data from the Directorate General of Customs shows that the country received approximately 2.08 million tonnes of LNG last month.
This is a 10.2 percent year-over-year rise from 1.89 million tonnes in May 2025.
May LNG imports were similar compared to 2.07 million tonnes in April and 2.10 million tonnes in March.
Taiwan paid $1.64 billion for LNG imports in May, up from $1 billion during the same month last year.
The data shows that most of the May LNG supplies came from Australia (792,460 t) and the US (563,026 t).
Australian volumes increased by 41.9 percent from 558,772 t in May 2025.
Moreover, US volumes increased threefold compared to 121,164 t in May 2025, replacing Qatari volumes (659,416 t in May 2025) as the giant Ras Laffan LNG complex remains offline due to the Middle East conflict.
In April, US volumes surged almost eightfold to 933,388 t. This was probably also the first time in a month that the US was the largest LNG supplier to Taiwan.
In addition to Australia and the US, Taiwan’s May LNG imports include volumes from Papua New Guinea (234,827 t), Malaysia (130,177 t), Nigeria (77,141 t), Indonesia (72,403 t), Oman (70,485 t), Canada (70,370 t), and Equatorial Guinea (69,753 t).
Taiwan’s cabinet said in a statement in March that Taiwan’s LNG imports from the US will increase from June as it has signed a new supply contract, but it did not provide further details.
In February, US LNG exporter Cheniere signed another long-term sales and purchase deal with Taiwan’s CPC, adding to a deal signed eight years ago.
Under the SPA, CPC has agreed to purchase up to 1.2 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG from Cheniere Marketing on a delivered basis from 2026 through 2050.
Taiwan currently imports LNG via two terminals operated by state-owned CPC.
CPC operates the Yung-An LNG terminal with a capacity of 10.5 mtpa and the Taichung LNG import terminal with a capacity of 6 mtpa. The firm is also expanding its Taichung LNG terminal.
In addition, CPC said in October last year it was nearing the launch of the Guantang LNG terminal, its third LNG import facility in Taiwan.
CPC is also working on the Kaohsiung intercontinental LNG terminal and the Zhouji LNG terminal.