Strategic Lens

Energy: New Zealand and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, New Zealand sold USD 4.6 million of mineral fuels and oils to United States and bought USD 60.9 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew 106 percent, from USD 31.8 million in 2019 to USD 65.6 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United States sold USD 60.9 million of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 4.6 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

New Zealand's exports to United States: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 0.1Low 0 / High 60.12025: 4.6

20190.1
202033
202160.1
202230.8
20230
20240
20254.6

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

New Zealand's imports from United States: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 31.7Low 31.7 / High 93.52025: 60.9

201931.7
202070
202135.2
202268.7
202388.1
202493.5
202560.9

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026