Strategic Lens

Energy: India and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 2.06 billion of mineral fuels and oils to South Africa and bought USD 3.24 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew 62 percent, from USD 3.26 billion in 2019 to USD 5.30 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 South Africa: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 0.48Low 0.48 / High 3.592025: 2.06

20190.48
20200.58
20211.14
20223.55
20233.52
20243.59
20252.06

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 2.79Low 2.33 / High 3.972025: 3.24

20192.79
20202.33
20213.34
20223.97
20233.84
20243.54
20253.24

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026