Strategic Lens

Energy: China and France

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 454 million of mineral fuels and oils to France and bought USD 47.6 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew 52 percent, from USD 331 million in 2019 to USD 501 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 454 million of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 47.6 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 France: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 120.5Low 15.3 / High 453.92025: 453.9

2019120.5
202051.3
202115.3
202286.2
2023218.5
2024161.8
2025453.9

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from France: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 210.2Low 41.1 / High 356.62025: 47.6

2019210.2
202072.6
202186.9
2022356.6
202343.9
202441.1
202547.6

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026