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Critical minerals: India and Chile

First country

Second country

In 2025, Chile sold USD 1.76 billion of critical minerals and metals to India.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in critical minerals and metals grew 136 percent, from USD 746 million in 2019 to USD 1.76 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Chile sold USD 1.76 billion 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 Chile: critical minerals and metals

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

2019: 0.75Low 0.55 / High 1.762025: 1.76

20190.75
20200.55
20210.8
20220.93
20230.64
20241.24
20251.76

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

  • BothMining and mineral resources are one of the named areas of cooperation reviewed by the two leaders in April 2025.

Sources: Wikipedia: Chile–India relations (revision of 8 September 2026)

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