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Critical minerals: Brazil and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, Brazil sold USD 1.21 billion of critical minerals and metals to China and bought USD 12.4 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Brazil sold USD 1.21 billion of critical minerals and metals, against USD 12.4 million the other way.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Brazil's exports to China: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 1.1Low 0.49 / High 1.212025: 1.21

20191.1
20200.7
20210.6
20220.49
20230.63
20240.93
20251.21

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Brazil's imports from China: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 10.7Low 7.7 / High 69.22025: 12.4

201910.7
20207.7
20219.5
202211.7
202369.2
202411.9
202512.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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