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Critical minerals: Canada and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 3.00 billion of critical minerals and metals to United States and bought USD 891 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 78 percent, from USD 2.18 billion in 2019 to USD 3.89 billion 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

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

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Canada

2019: 1.77Low 1.77 / High 32025: 3

20191.77
20201.87
20212.37
20222.45
20232.52
20242.3
20253

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 410.2Low 410.2 / High 890.72025: 890.7

2019410.2
2020501
2021790.1
2022751.8
2023693.5
2024691
2025890.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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