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Energy: Australia and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Australia sold USD 39.2 million of mineral fuels and oils to South Africa and bought USD 3.6 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils fell 78 percent, from USD 192 million in 2019 to USD 42.9 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Australia sold USD 39.2 million of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 3.6 million the other way.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Australia's exports to South Africa: mineral fuels and oils

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Australia

2019: 187.5Low 39.2 / High 221.32025: 39.2

2019187.5
2020102.9
2021221.3
2022196.5
2023180.2
2024104.1
202539.2

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Australia's imports from South Africa: mineral fuels and oils

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Australia

2019: 4.5Low 2.6 / High 9.22025: 3.6

20194.5
20205.6
20219.2
20222.6
20235.6
20244.3
20253.6

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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