Strategic Lens

Critical minerals: Chile and France

First country

Second country

In 2025, Chile sold USD 1.10 billion of critical minerals and metals to France.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 82 percent, from USD 604 million in 2019 to USD 1.10 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Chile sold USD 1.10 billion of critical minerals and metals, and France 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 France: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 0.6Low 0.54 / High 1.12025: 1.1

20190.6
20200.54
20210.83
20220.73
20230.69
20240.86
20251.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026