This paper uses the latest data from World Inport-Output Table(WIOT) to estimate the change of embodied energy in China’s export commodities since 2000 and uses the Structural Decomposition Analysis(SDA) to analyze the cause of changes. The study shows that: As far as embodied energy is concerned, the standard coal increased from 290，823，600 tons in 2000 to 851，781，000 tons in 2011, an increase of about 2.93 times within 12 years, with an average annual growth rate of 13.75%; in different stages, there shows different characteristics in the change of embodied energy in China’s export commodities, which accounted for the fact that the proportion of total energy consumption increased at first and then decreased, the overall trend of change was presented in inverted U-type. Intermediate structure, export structure and the quantity of export commodity promote the growth of embodied energy in China’s export commodities, and the improvement of energy efficiency effectively inhibits its excessive growth. In the future 13th 5-years(from 2016 to 2020) and even a longer period of time, the embodied energy in China’s export commodities will maintain a moderate growth trend.