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Critical minerals: India and Australia

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 1.6 million of critical minerals and metals to Australia and bought USD 964 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew about 4.7 times, from USD 205 million in 2019 to USD 966 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Australia sold USD 964 million of critical minerals and metals, against USD 1.6 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 Australia: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 205.2Low 136.1 / High 964.42025: 964.4

2019205.2
2020136.1
2021651.7
2022583.5
2023451.5
2024529.9
2025964.4

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

  • BothThe July 2026 agreements span critical minerals, energy, defence, education, technology and culture.

Sources: Wikipedia: Australia–India relations (revision of 24 September 2026)

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