Strategic Lens

Critical minerals: Chile and Mexico

First country

Second country

In 2025, Chile sold USD 306 million of critical minerals and metals to Mexico.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Chile sold USD 306 million of critical minerals and metals, and Mexico sold almost none.
  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals has swung between USD 84.8 million and USD 306 million since 2019.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Chile's exports to Mexico: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 232.9Low 84.8 / High 306.12025: 306.1

2019232.9
202084.8
2021220.8
2022114.9
2023184.9
2024148.5
2025306.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026