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Critical minerals: Chile and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, Chile sold USD 29.6 billion of critical minerals and metals to China and bought USD 2.4 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 94 percent, from USD 15.3 billion in 2019 to USD 29.6 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Chile sold USD 29.6 billion of critical minerals and metals, against USD 2.4 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

Chile's exports to China: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 15.27Low 15.27 / High 29.592025: 29.59

201915.27
202020.24
202126.99
202229.22
202325.31
202426.69
202529.59

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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