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Critical minerals: France and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, France sold USD 43.4 million of critical minerals and metals to Japan and bought USD 20.8 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 182 percent, from USD 22.8 million in 2019 to USD 64.2 million in 2025.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

France's exports to Japan: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 14.1Low 14.1 / High 65.42025: 43.4

201914.1
202021.7
202156.2
202265.4
202349.3
202437.6
202543.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

France's imports from Japan: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 8.6Low 6.8 / High 27.82025: 20.8

20198.6
20206.8
202113.2
202219.5
202327.8
202421.6
202520.8

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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