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Energy: China and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 81.0 million of mineral fuels and oils to South Africa and bought USD 64.0 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in mineral fuels and oils runs both ways in similar amounts: China sold USD 81.0 million and South Africa sold USD 64.0 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils is 84 percent below its 2021 peak of USD 932 million.

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 South Africa: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 156.8Low 38.4 / High 675.12025: 81

2019156.8
202038.4
202197.4
2022675.1
2023486.1
202493.1
202581

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 17.8Low 17.8 / High 834.42025: 64

201917.8
202023.2
2021834.4
2022252.5
2023258.6
2024103.1
202564

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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