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Critical minerals: Canada and Chile

First country

Second country

In 2025, Chile sold USD 164 million of critical minerals and metals to Canada.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 161 percent, from USD 63.1 million in 2019 to USD 165 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Chile sold USD 164 million of critical minerals and metals, and Canada 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

Canada's imports from Chile: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 62.8Low 15 / High 164.12025: 164.1

201962.8
202034.6
2021115.6
202263.3
202315
202487.6
2025164.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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