Strategic Lens

Energy: Australia and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, Australia sold USD 13.1 billion of mineral fuels and oils to Japan and bought USD 1.27 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Australia sold USD 13.1 billion of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 1.27 billion the other way.
  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils is 66 percent below its 2022 peak of USD 42.5 billion.

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 Japan: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 12.01Low 8.19 / High 39.482025: 13.12

201912.01
20208.19
202115.45
202239.48
202324.71
202418.97
202513.12

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Australia's imports from Japan: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 3.14Low 0.84 / High 3.142025: 1.27

20193.14
20200.84
20211.01
20223.01
20231.78
20241.38
20251.27

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026