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Critical minerals: China and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 592 million of critical minerals and metals to Japan and bought USD 1.87 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals is 42 percent below its 2023 peak of USD 4.25 billion.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's exports to Japan: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 0.77Low 0.59 / High 2.242025: 0.59

20190.77
20200.59
20210.8
20222.03
20232.24
20241.07
20250.59

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from Japan: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 1.31Low 1.31 / High 2.572025: 1.87

20191.31
20202.26
20212.23
20222.19
20232.01
20242.57
20251.87

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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