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Critical minerals: China and Egypt

First country

Second country

In 2025, Egypt sold USD 25.1 million of critical minerals and metals to China.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Egypt sold USD 25.1 million of critical minerals and metals, and China sold almost none.
  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals is 57 percent below its 2021 peak of USD 60.0 million.

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 imports from Egypt: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 3.8Low 3.8 / High 59.22025: 25.1

20193.8
20206.8
202159.2
202231.3
202315.4
202410.9
202525.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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