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Energy: Australia and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, Australia sold USD 7.09 billion of mineral fuels and oils to China and bought USD 2.16 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils has swung between USD 1.66 billion and USD 13.0 billion 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

Australia's exports to China: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 10.34Low 0.1 / High 10.342025: 7.09

201910.34
20206.65
20210.16
20220.1
20237.6
20249.14
20257.09

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Australia's imports from China: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 2.65Low 1.51 / High 2.652025: 2.16

20192.65
20201.72
20211.51
20222.02
20232.22
20242.46
20252.16

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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