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Preliminary data from the Directorate General of Customs shows that the country received approximately 2.10 million tonnes of LNG last month.
This is a 2.4 percent year-over-year rise from 2.05 million tonnes in March 2025.
MarchLNG imports were also higher compared to 1.55 million tonnes of LNG in the prior month.
In 2025, Taiwan imported 23.75 million tonnes of LNG, up 12.8 percent year over year, compared with 20.05 million mt in 2024.
Taiwan paid $1.23 billion for LNG imports in March, up from $1.19 billion during the same month last year.
The data shows that most of the March LNG supplies came from Australia (746,673 t) and Qatar (439,640 t).
Qatari volumes dropped compared to 550,074 t in March 2025, and Australian volumes rose compared to 892,345 t in March 2025.
QatarEnergy recently announced that it expects the damage to its Ras Laffan complex caused by missile strikes to cost about $20 billion a year in lost revenue and to take up to five years to repair, impacting supply to markets in Europe and Asia.
QatarEnergy stopped producing LNG at its giant Ras Laffan complex on March 2 due to military attacks on its operating facilities. The LNG producer declared force majeure to its affected LNG buyers on March 4.
Besides Qatar and Australia, Taiwan’s March LNG imports include volumes from the US (206,847 t), Oman (206,197 t), Papua New Guinea (158,076 t), Canada (141,948 t), Brunei (130,788 t), and Equatorial Guinea (72,808 t).
Boosting US LNG supplies
Taiwan’s cabinet said in a statement last month 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.
