Strategic Lens

Energy: India and Egypt

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 480 million of mineral fuels and oils to Egypt and bought USD 629 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in mineral fuels and oils runs both ways in similar amounts: India sold USD 480 million and Egypt sold USD 629 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils fell 35 percent, from USD 1.72 billion in 2019 to USD 1.11 billion 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

India's exports to Egypt: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 0.41Low 0.04 / High 1.342025: 0.48

20190.41
20200.11
20210.04
20220.93
20231.34
20240.22
20250.48

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

India's imports from Egypt: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 1.31Low 0.18 / High 1.942025: 0.63

20191.31
20201
20211.94
20221.48
20230.74
20240.18
20250.63

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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Constraints

  • IndiaOil finds by OVL in 2007 and 2008 proved commercially unviable.

Sources: Wikipedia: Egypt–India relations (revision of 22 August 2026)