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Energy: China and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 161 million of mineral fuels and oils to Russia and bought USD 78.1 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew 82 percent, from USD 43.1 billion in 2019 to USD 78.3 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Russia sold USD 78.1 billion of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 161 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 Russia: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 358.4Low 114.2 / High 358.42025: 160.5

2019358.4
2020114.2
2021137.6
2022266.5
2023262.1
2024218.2
2025160.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from Russia: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 42.76Low 33.95 / High 95.22025: 78.11

201942.76
202033.95
202153.84
202285.38
202394.77
202495.2
202578.11

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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