Preliminary data from the Directorate General of Customs shows that the country received approximately 1.55 million tonnes of LNG last month.
This is a 12.4 percent year-over-year decrease from 1.77 million tonnes in February 2025.
February LNG imports were also lower compared to 1.72 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 $744.7 million for LNG imports in February, down from $969.5 million during the same month last year.
The data shows that most of the February LNG supplies came from Qatar (554,442 t), Australia (294,868 t), and the US (279,315 t).
Qatari volumes dropped compared to 778,108 t in February 2025, and Australian volumes decreased compared to 445,158 t in February 2025.
US volumes rose more than fivefold compared to 53,431 t in February last year, as Taiwan aims to increase its purchases of US LNG to approximately one-third of its imports this year.
Other LNG suppliers to Taiwan in February included Canada (145,212 t), Malaysia (125,639 t), Papua New Guinea (79,206 t), and Brunei (68,410 t), the data shows.
Boosting US LNG supplies
Local media reports, citing Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin, suggest that Taiwan has secured 20 of 22 required LNG shipments for March and April amid the Middle East crisis.
Taiwan’s cabinet also said in a statement on Monday that Taiwan’s domestic petroleum inventories and LNG inventories are both above the levels required by law.
The statement said 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.
US LNG exporter Cheniere recently 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.
