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Critical minerals: Australia and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, Australia sold USD 1.59 billion of critical minerals and metals to Japan and bought USD 1.4 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Australia sold USD 1.59 billion of critical minerals and metals, against USD 1.4 million the other way.
  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals has swung between USD 12.3 million and USD 1.59 billion since 2019.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Australia's exports to Japan: critical minerals and metals

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Australia

2019: 1.43Low 0.01 / High 1.592025: 1.59

20191.43
20200.7
20210.04
20220.02
20230.01
20240.5
20251.59

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Australia's imports from Japan: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 11.8Low 1.4 / High 11.82025: 1.4

201911.8
20207.3
20216.5
20228.2
20232.4
20243.3
20251.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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