Strategic Lens

Critical minerals: Australia and New Zealand

First country

Second country

In 2025, New Zealand sold USD 10.1 million of critical minerals and metals to Australia.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, New Zealand sold USD 10.1 million of critical minerals and metals, and Australia 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

Australia's imports from New Zealand: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 7.3Low 5.5 / High 10.12025: 10.1

20197.3
20206
20217.9
20225.5
20236.5
20248.2
202510.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026