Strategic Lens

Critical minerals: Brazil and Canada

First country

Second country

In 2025, Brazil sold USD 53.1 million of critical minerals and metals to Canada and bought USD 9.4 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 173 percent, from USD 22.9 million in 2019 to USD 62.5 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Brazil sold USD 53.1 million of critical minerals and metals, against USD 9.4 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

Brazil's exports to Canada: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 1.9Low 0 / High 542025: 53.1

20191.9
202030.2
20210
20220
202323.9
202454
202553.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Brazil's imports from Canada: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 21Low 9.4 / High 56.72025: 9.4

201921
202016.4
202127.9
202256.7
202315.1
202410.1
20259.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026