Strategic Lens

Critical minerals: New Zealand and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, New Zealand sold USD 11.5 million of critical minerals and metals to United States and bought USD 1.0 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, New Zealand sold USD 11.5 million of critical minerals and metals, against USD 1.0 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

New Zealand's exports to United States: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 0.7Low 0.1 / High 11.52025: 11.5

20190.7
20200.1
20210.8
20220.9
20233.2
20243.5
202511.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026