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Critical minerals: Chile and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, Chile sold USD 6.06 billion of critical minerals and metals to Japan.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 70 percent, from USD 3.56 billion in 2019 to USD 6.06 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Chile sold USD 6.06 billion of critical minerals and metals, and Japan 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

Chile's exports to Japan: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 3.56Low 3.56 / High 6.062025: 6.06

20193.56
20204.13
20214.59
20224.6
20234.02
20245.6
20256.06

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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