Strategic Lens

Energy: China and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 2.41 billion of mineral fuels and oils to Japan and bought USD 697 million from it.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's exports to Japan: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 1.31Low 0.86 / High 2.412025: 2.41

20191.31
20200.86
20211.6
20221.78
20232.05
20242.4
20252.41

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from Japan: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 1.62Low 0.7 / High 1.622025: 0.7

20191.62
20201.17
20211.32
20221.31
20231.01
20240.79
20250.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026