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Critical minerals: France and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, South Africa sold USD 44.1 million of critical minerals and metals to France.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, South Africa sold USD 44.1 million of critical minerals and metals, and France sold almost none.
  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals is 48 percent below its 2023 peak of USD 85.5 million.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

France's imports from South Africa: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 53.2Low 27.4 / High 85.12025: 44.1

201953.2
202027.4
202153.2
202270.9
202385.1
202439.1
202544.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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