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Energy: China and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 308 million of mineral fuels and oils to United Kingdom and bought USD 1.47 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils fell 77 percent, from USD 7.72 billion in 2019 to USD 1.78 billion in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 1.47 billion of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 308 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 Kingdom: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 814.1Low 282.8 / High 814.12025: 307.7

2019814.1
2020358.2
2021282.8
2022490.5
2023419.5
2024297.8
2025307.7

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 Kingdom: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 6.91Low 1.12 / High 6.912025: 1.47

20196.91
20202.24
20214.34
20222
20231.66
20241.12
20251.47

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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