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Critical minerals: China and Taiwan

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 2.41 billion of critical minerals and metals to Taiwan and bought USD 218 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 139 percent, from USD 1.10 billion in 2019 to USD 2.62 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 2.41 billion of critical minerals and metals, against USD 218 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

China's exports to Taiwan: critical minerals and metals

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 0.95Low 0.64 / High 2.622025: 2.41

20190.95
20200.66
20210.64
20221.11
20230.87
20242.62
20252.41

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from Taiwan: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 144.8Low 113.9 / High 439.42025: 218.3

2019144.8
2020439.4
2021126.4
2022113.9
2023117.6
2024164.1
2025218.3

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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