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Energy: South Africa and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, South Africa sold USD 124 million of mineral fuels and oils to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 2.04 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Arab Emirates sold USD 2.04 billion of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 124 million the other way.
  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils is 41 percent below its 2022 peak of USD 3.64 billion.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

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

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

2019: 85.6Low 73.8 / High 209.32025: 123.5

201985.6
2020101
2021137.4
202273.8
2023165.7
2024209.3
2025123.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 1.77Low 0.96 / High 3.572025: 2.04

20191.77
20200.96
20211.33
20223.57
20233.33
20242.37
20252.04

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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