Strategic Lens

Energy: United Kingdom and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 1.57 billion of mineral fuels and oils to United States and bought USD 15.9 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew 65 percent, from USD 10.6 billion in 2019 to USD 17.4 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United States sold USD 15.9 billion of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 1.57 billion 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

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

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

2019: 3.34Low 1.19 / High 3.842025: 1.57

20193.34
20201.19
20212.87
20223.84
20232.36
20242.01
20251.57

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 7.22Low 5.48 / High 27.712025: 15.88

20197.22
20205.48
20217.97
202227.71
202322.17
202418.57
202515.88

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026