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Energy: India and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 4.03 billion of mineral fuels and oils to United States and bought USD 15.4 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew 77 percent, from USD 10.9 billion in 2019 to USD 19.4 billion 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

India's exports to United States: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 2.69Low 1.44 / High 6.522025: 4.03

20192.69
20201.44
20214.1
20226.34
20236.52
20244.38
20254.03

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

India's imports from United States: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 8.25Low 6.85 / High 20.682025: 15.39

20198.25
20206.85
202115.41
202220.68
202313.41
202412.29
202515.39

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

More on this relationship

Benefits

  • IndiaIndian officials say refiners are broadening crude sources, and President Trump said India agreed in February 2026 to increase imports from the US.

Constraints

  • IndiaThe US asked India to change its Russian oil purchases, while India stressed that energy security and diversification remained priorities.

Sources: Wikipedia: India–United States relations (revision of 16 September 2026)

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