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Critical minerals: Brazil and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, Brazil sold USD 8.5 million of critical minerals and metals to United States and bought USD 12.3 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals fell 70 percent, from USD 68.8 million in 2019 to USD 20.9 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

Brazil's exports to United States: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 14.5Low 7 / High 632025: 8.5

201914.5
202011.3
202163
20228.7
20237
20247.7
20258.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Brazil's imports from United States: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 54.3Low 7.9 / High 54.32025: 12.3

201954.3
20207.9
202114.3
202215.5
202314.3
202411.8
202512.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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