Strategic Lens

Critical minerals: India and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 4.6 million of critical minerals and metals to United Kingdom and bought USD 46.0 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 77 percent, from USD 28.5 million in 2019 to USD 50.6 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United Kingdom sold USD 46.0 million of critical minerals and metals, against USD 4.6 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 imports from United Kingdom: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 28.1Low 21.9 / High 55.52025: 46

201928.1
202021.9
202144.4
202254.4
202355.5
202448.9
202546

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026