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Critical minerals: China and France

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Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 17.1 million of critical minerals and metals to France and bought USD 19.1 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in critical minerals and metals runs both ways in similar amounts: China sold USD 17.1 million and France sold USD 19.1 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

China's exports to France: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 6.8Low 6.8 / High 17.12025: 17.1

20196.8
20209.6
202110.9
20227.6
202311.7
20249.2
202517.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from France: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 34Low 9.4 / High 342025: 19.1

201934
202016.8
202125.9
202212.1
20239.8
20249.4
202519.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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