Strategic Lens

Critical minerals: Canada and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 27.2 million of critical minerals and metals to United Kingdom and bought USD 8.6 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals is 54 percent below its 2022 peak of USD 77.9 million.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Canada's exports to United Kingdom: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 20.1Low 9.6 / High 57.82025: 27.2

201920.1
202047.4
20219.6
202257.8
202339.3
202427.9
202527.2

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Canada's imports from United Kingdom: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 9.7Low 5.3 / High 202025: 8.6

20199.7
20207.4
202111.8
202220
20235.3
202410.2
20258.6

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026