Strategic Lens

Energy: France and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, France sold USD 20.8 million of mineral fuels and oils to Japan and bought USD 18.2 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in mineral fuels and oils runs both ways in similar amounts: France sold USD 20.8 million and Japan sold USD 18.2 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils fell 74 percent, from USD 149 million in 2019 to USD 39.0 million in 2025.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

France's exports to Japan: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 40.1Low 18.8 / High 73.32025: 20.8

201940.1
202018.8
202173.3
202226.4
202327.2
202428.6
202520.8

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

France's imports from Japan: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 109.2Low 5.1 / High 109.22025: 18.2

2019109.2
202018.5
202128.6
202247.1
202322.9
20245.1
202518.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026