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Critical minerals: India and South Africa

First country

Second country

In 2025, South Africa sold USD 742 million of critical minerals and metals to India.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 117 percent, from USD 342 million in 2019 to USD 742 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, South Africa sold USD 742 million of critical minerals and metals, and India sold almost none.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

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

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

2019: 341.7Low 296.9 / High 741.72025: 741.7

2019341.7
2020296.9
2021524.6
2022557.4
2023591.4
2024632.7
2025741.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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