Strategic Lens

Critical minerals: India and Brazil

First country

Second country

In 2025, Brazil sold USD 190 million of critical minerals and metals to India.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew about 3.2 times, from USD 59.6 million in 2019 to USD 190 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Brazil sold USD 190 million of critical minerals and metals, and India 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

India's imports from Brazil: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 59.6Low 9.1 / High 1902025: 190

201959.6
20209.1
202182.1
2022123.9
202362.9
202427.8
2025190

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026