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Critical minerals: India and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 14.3 million of critical minerals and metals to Japan and bought USD 2.08 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 183 percent, from USD 738 million in 2019 to USD 2.09 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Japan sold USD 2.08 billion of critical minerals and metals, against USD 14.3 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

India's exports to Japan: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 7.9Low 7.7 / High 23.72025: 14.3

20197.9
20207.7
202123.7
202218.5
202320.7
202418.8
202514.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

India's imports from Japan: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 0.73Low 0.73 / High 2.092025: 2.08

20190.73
20200.81
20211.19
20221.01
20232.02
20242.09
20252.08

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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