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Energy: China and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 588 million of mineral fuels and oils to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 28.6 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew 158 percent, from USD 11.3 billion in 2019 to USD 29.2 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Arab Emirates sold USD 28.6 billion of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 588 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

China's exports to United Arab Emirates: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 586.3Low 435.5 / High 734.82025: 587.6

2019586.3
2020435.5
2021446.5
2022669.3
2023734.8
2024650.5
2025587.6

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from United Arab Emirates: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 10.74Low 10.74 / High 39.852025: 28.63

201910.74
202012.21
202121.35
202239.85
202334.02
202429.99
202528.63

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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