Strategic Lens

Critical minerals: Japan and Mexico

First country

Second country

In 2025, Mexico sold USD 167 million of critical minerals and metals to Japan.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Mexico sold USD 167 million of critical minerals and metals, and Japan sold almost none.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Japan's exports to Mexico: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 0.1Low 0.1 / High 5.12025: 0.5

20190.1
20200.2
20214
20220.4
20230.2
20245.1
20250.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Japan's imports from Mexico: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 0Low 0 / High 167.12025: 167.1

20190
202028.8
202120.5
202273.5
202353
202420.7
2025167.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026