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Critical minerals: India and Canada

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 2.4 million of critical minerals and metals to Canada and bought USD 305 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew about 5.5 times, from USD 56.2 million in 2019 to USD 308 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Canada sold USD 305 million of critical minerals and metals, against USD 2.4 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

India's imports from Canada: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 56.2Low 56.2 / High 305.12025: 305.1

201956.2
202074.8
202189.2
2022107.8
2023272
2024246.6
2025305.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

More on this relationship

Benefits

  • BothIn early 2026 the two countries signed several memoranda covering energy and minerals.

Sources: Wikipedia: Canada–India relations (revision of 4 September 2026)

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