Strategic Lens

Energy: France and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, France sold USD 2.28 billion of mineral fuels and oils to United Kingdom and bought USD 490 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew 54 percent, from USD 1.80 billion in 2019 to USD 2.77 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, France sold USD 2.28 billion of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 490 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

France's exports to United Kingdom: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 1.14Low 0.81 / High 2.352025: 2.28

20191.14
20200.81
20211.88
20221.59
20232.35
20241.79
20252.28

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

France's imports from United Kingdom: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 0.66Low 0.49 / High 5.942025: 0.49

20190.66
20200.54
20212.06
20225.94
20231.48
20241.06
20250.49

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026