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Energy: South Africa and Taiwan

First country

Second country

In 2025, South Africa sold USD 230 million of mineral fuels and oils to Taiwan and bought USD 3.1 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in mineral fuels and oils grew about 3.0 times, from USD 77.5 million in 2019 to USD 233 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, South Africa sold USD 230 million of mineral fuels and oils, against USD 3.1 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

South Africa's exports to Taiwan: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 77.3Low 60.7 / High 488.82025: 230.3

201977.3
202060.7
2021226.9
2022488.8
2023390.9
2024222.6
2025230.3

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 Taiwan: mineral fuels and oils

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

2019: 0.1Low 0.1 / High 87.92025: 3.1

20190.1
20200.1
20210.9
202287.9
20230.6
20241.8
20253.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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