Summary
Brazil minerals exports to China move from $18.8B in 2022 to $21.3B in 2024 (+13.5%). The 2024 step versus 2023 is +3.0%. South Africa minerals exports to China move from $7.4B in 2022 to $8.2B in 2024 (+11.6%). The 2024 step versus 2023 is +3.4%.
Key regions and sectors
Brazil minerals exports to China move from $18.8B in 2022 to $21.3B in 2024 (+13.5%). The 2024 step versus 2023 is +3.0%. South Africa minerals exports to China move from $7.4B in 2022 to $8.2B in 2024 (+11.6%). The 2024 step versus 2023 is +3.4%.
Wider accounts
World Bank merchandise exports: Brazil $337.0B (2024); Russia $433.6B (2024); India $442.9B (2024); China $3.6T (2024); South Africa $110.1B (2024). World Bank merchandise imports: Brazil $278.0B (2024); Russia $301.6B (2024); India $718.3B (2024); China $2.6T (2024); South Africa $123.5B (2024). IMF WEO current account: Brazil -$65.3B (2024), -3.0% of GDP; Russia $63.3B (2024), +2.9% of GDP; India -$22.9B (2024), -0.6% of GDP; China $458.5B (2024), +2.4% of GDP; South Africa -$2.6B (2024), -0.7% of GDP.
So what
In this UN Comtrade slice, the filtered flows are higher over the period: Brazil minerals exports to China, South Africa minerals exports to China. That is a change in the selected HS chapters, not a full trade balance or a forecast.
What's next
The next point that would change this brief is another year of Brazil → China · Minerals · export. Until that row exists, the chart and this text describe the same database values.
Machine-generated brief. Figures come from the local trade panel and tool output; verify them against primary sources before use.
Tool trace (24)
- list_regions · 0.66 ms
- list_sectors · 0.38 ms
- rag_retrieve · 0.46 ms · {"query":"BRICS minerals and energy","limit":5}
- get_region_summary · 0.62 ms · {"region":"Brazil"}
- get_trade_trends · 0.74 ms · {"region":"Brazil","limit":8}
- get_macro_context · 0.78 ms · {"region":"Brazil"}
- get_region_summary · 0.69 ms · {"region":"Russia"}
- get_trade_trends · 0.61 ms · {"region":"Russia","limit":8}
- get_macro_context · 0.67 ms · {"region":"Russia"}
- get_region_summary · 0.23 ms · {"region":"India"}
- get_trade_trends · 0.38 ms · {"region":"India","limit":8}
- get_macro_context · 0.49 ms · {"region":"India"}
- get_region_summary · 0.25 ms · {"region":"China"}
- get_trade_trends · 0.4 ms · {"region":"China","limit":8}
- get_macro_context · 0.47 ms · {"region":"China"}
- get_region_summary · 0.22 ms · {"region":"South Africa"}
- get_trade_trends · 0.36 ms · {"region":"South Africa","limit":8}
- get_macro_context · 0.48 ms · {"region":"South Africa"}
- get_sector_summary · 0.23 ms · {"sector":"Minerals"}
- get_yoy_growth · 0.44 ms · {"sector":"Minerals","year_from":2022,"year_to":2024}
- get_sector_summary · 0.24 ms · {"sector":"Energy"}
- get_yoy_growth · 0.31 ms · {"sector":"Energy","year_from":2022,"year_to":2024}
- query_trade_flows · 0.23 ms · {"reporter":"Brazil","partner":"Russia","sector":"Minerals","year_from":2022,"limit":20}
- query_trade_flows · 0.21 ms · {"reporter":"Russia","partner":"Brazil","sector":"Minerals","year_from":2022,"limit":20}