Strategic Lens

Energy: China and Egypt

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 65.5 million of mineral fuels and oils to Egypt and bought USD 16.6 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils fell 85 percent, from USD 550 million in 2019 to USD 82.2 million in 2025.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's exports to Egypt: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 20.9Low 5.8 / High 65.52025: 65.5

201920.9
20205.8
202119.6
202244.1
202328.2
202460.3
202565.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from Egypt: mineral fuels and oils

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 0.53Low 0.02 / High 1.142025: 0.02

20190.53
20200.59
20211.14
20220.5
20230.25
20240.08
20250.02

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026