Strategic Lens

Energy: South Africa and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, South Africa sold USD 27.3 million of mineral fuels and oils to United Kingdom and bought USD 54.2 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew 159 percent, from USD 31.5 million in 2019 to USD 81.5 million in 2025.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

South Africa's exports to United Kingdom: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 8.9Low 6.1 / High 198.92025: 27.3

20198.9
20207.5
20216.1
2022198.9
202334
202489.2
202527.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

South Africa's imports from United Kingdom: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 22.6Low 22.6 / High 114.92025: 54.2

201922.6
202038.7
2021114.9
202293
202345.6
202451.5
202554.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026