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Energy: Japan and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, Japan sold USD 2.4 million of mineral fuels and oils to South Africa and bought USD 477 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew about 10 times, from USD 46.6 million in 2019 to USD 479 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, South Africa sold USD 477 million of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 2.4 million the other way.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

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

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

2019: 1.8Low 1.8 / High 67.12025: 2.4

20191.8
202025.5
202167.1
202239
202331.8
20242.6
20252.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 44.8Low 13.8 / High 730.22025: 477

201944.8
202013.8
202144.7
2022361.4
2023730.2
2024471.7
2025477

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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