Strategic Lens

Energy: Brazil and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Brazil sold USD 213 million of mineral fuels and oils to South Africa and bought USD 47.0 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew 132 percent, from USD 112 million in 2019 to USD 260 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Brazil sold USD 213 million of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 47.0 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

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

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

2019: 42.3Low 34.8 / High 321.62025: 213.1

201942.3
2020108.1
202134.8
2022321.6
2023295.1
202459.4
2025213.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 69.6Low 39.4 / High 117.12025: 47

201969.6
202039.4
202158.4
2022117.1
202388
202456.4
202547

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026