Strategic Lens

Energy: Japan and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, Russia sold USD 3.55 billion of mineral fuels and oils to Japan.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils fell 65 percent, from USD 10.1 billion in 2019 to USD 3.55 billion in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Russia sold USD 3.55 billion of mineral fuels and oils, and Japan sold almost none.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Japan's exports to Russia: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 118.4Low 1 / High 118.42025: 1

2019118.4
202035.2
202172.1
202281.1
2023101
202433.1
20251

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Japan's imports from Russia: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 10Low 3.55 / High 10.172025: 3.55

201910
20206.39
20218.67
202210.17
20235.04
20243.82
20253.55

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026