Strategic Lens

Energy: Argentina and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, Argentina sold USD 310 million of mineral fuels and oils to China and bought USD 11.0 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Argentina sold USD 310 million of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 11.0 million the other way.
  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils has swung between USD 22.6 million and USD 321 million since 2019.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Argentina's exports to China: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 201.1Low 6.2 / High 309.82025: 309.8

2019201.1
202062.7
20216.2
2022177
2023129.8
202419.8
2025309.8

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Argentina's imports from China: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 13.4Low 9.2 / High 20.92025: 11

201913.4
20209.8
202116.4
202220.9
202315.6
20249.2
202511

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026