Thank you for responding.
That link does not work on Android. On mac, it brought up my empty password list.
To solve the problem, I exported the passwords to Drive, then downloaded the file from drive to my computer. Then deleted and purged it from Drive. Then imported it into brave using settings->autofill->passwords->dots in upper right->import->selected the downloaded file.
I had resisted that path, because I hate google and did not want my passwords going onto Drive.
I don’t understand why Brave on Android does not just put the exported file into the downloads folder or some other place on the phone where it can be accessed. Just wondering. Anything to force the file onto the cloud where somebody not me has control is what this seems like.