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Energy: France and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, France sold USD 10.7 million of mineral fuels and oils to South Africa and bought USD 21.3 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils fell 77 percent, from USD 142 million in 2019 to USD 32.0 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

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

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

2019: 9.1Low 5.6 / High 14.52025: 10.7

20199.1
20205.6
20217.8
202214.5
202311.6
20248.3
202510.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 132.5Low 21.3 / High 455.32025: 21.3

2019132.5
202085.9
2021103.8
2022455.3
2023247.2
202424.2
202521.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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