Strategic Lens

Energy: China and New Zealand

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 194 million of mineral fuels and oils to New Zealand and bought USD 66.8 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew 195 percent, from USD 88.6 million in 2019 to USD 261 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

China's exports to New Zealand: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 83.7Low 23.7 / High 293.92025: 194.2

201983.7
202023.7
202142.8
2022125.5
2023270.6
2024293.9
2025194.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from New Zealand: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 4.9Low 4.9 / High 169.62025: 66.8

20194.9
20208.7
202128.4
2022169.6
2023110.3
202461.8
202566.8

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026