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Critical minerals: France and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, Russia sold USD 23.7 million of critical minerals and metals to France.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals fell 64 percent, from USD 67.1 million in 2019 to USD 23.8 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Russia sold USD 23.7 million 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

France's imports from Russia: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 66.4Low 23.7 / High 145.82025: 23.7

201966.4
202038.9
2021145.8
2022127.4
202374
202475.4
202523.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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