Red meat trade reports - agriculture.canada.ca

This section provides information on Canadian trade of beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton, goat, bison, horsemeat, along with other sectoral reports and links.

Red meat trade balance

1 – Beef and veal

Trade Balance for Canadian Beef and Veal

Billions of dollars (CAD)
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 - Feb
Exports^[1]	1.937	2.232	2.272	2.410	2.748	3.216	3.257	4.452	4.677	5.022	0.865
Imports	1.471	1.600	1.373	1.347	1.336	1.231	1.522	1.421	1.648	1.844	0.306
Trade Balance	0.466	0.632	0.899	1.063	1.412	1.986	1.735	3.031	3.029	3.178	0.560
Source: Statistics Canada; Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

Trade balance for Canadian beef and veal (CAD)
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 - Feb
Exports^[1]	3,257,241,940	4,451,966,243	4,676,958,254	5,022,328,112	865,478,968
Imports	1,521,779,609	1,421,362,777	1,648,080,590	1,844,338,042	305,929,832
Trade balance	1,735,462,331	3,030,603,466	3,028,877,664	3,177,990,070	559,549,136
Source: Statistics Canada; Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

2 – Pork

Trade Balance for Canadian Pork

Billions of dollars (CAD)
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 - Jan
Exports^[1]	3.721	3.449	3.826	4.017	3.857	4.252	5.100	4.970	4.833	4.708	0.897
Imports	1.163	1.225	1.346	1.292	1.285	1.357	1.460	1.632	1.621	1.639	0.257
Trade Balance	2.557	2.224	2.480	2.726	2.572	2.895	3.639	3.337	3.211	3.068	0.640
Source: Statistics Canada; Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

Trade balance for Pork (CAD)
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024 - Jan
Exports^[1]	5,099,574,423	4,969,804,952	4,832,596,158	4,707,623,549	897,367,196
Imports	1,460,109,938	1,632,328,987	1,621,308,916	1,639,173,559	257,352,610
Trade balance	3,639,464,485	3,337,475,965	3,211,287,242	3,068,449,990	640,014,586
Source: Statistics Canada; Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

Additional trade data links:

Statistics Canada's Canadian international merchandise trade database
Beef and veal tariff rate quota and import permits (Annual)
CBSA Chapter–by–chapter customs tariff
Foreign market opportunity reports by region
Market intelligence reports
Trade Data Online by product (HS code) / by industry (NAICS codes)
Canadian beef and veal tariff rate quota reports
US tariff rate quota reports

Red meat and livestock imports

Red meat imports

Dynamic reports displaying imports of selected commodity: beef, veal, pork, lamb, mutton, goat, bison, horsemeat. Data is updated weekly, revisions are continuous.

Imports with monthly breakdown Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual
Imports with prior-year comparison Week-to-date (with months) / Annual
Imports by country breakdown Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual
Canada's imports of red meat, by commodity, category and sub-category: Weekly / Monthly / Annual

Live animal imports

Live animal imports from the United States: This annual report displays imports of livestock (cattle, hogs, sheep/lamb) from the United States to destination provinces for the month/year.

Red meat and livestock exports

Export of cattle and hogs to the United States

Number of head in millions
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Cattle	1.04	1.24	0.83	0.77	0.64	0.63	0.72	0.67	0.64	0.75	0.73
Hogs	4.77	4.95	5.77	5.66	4.60	5.25	5.09	5.29	6.66	6.48	6.75
Source: Statistics Canada

Annual exports of livestock to the United States (number of head)
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Cattle for purebred breeding	3,210	3,343	3,635	7,486	8,778
Cattle for non-purebred breeding	2,003	2,666	2,113	1,807	2,587
Veal for feeding	8,868	12,727	22,254	28,006	50,157
Cattle for feeding	188,076	125,972	131,487	177,729	132,036
Fed cattle for slaughter (steers and heifers)	339,681	307,368	270,886	319,280	355,097
Non-fed cattle for slaughter (cows and bulls)	181,076	221,017	213,581	219,121	185,374
Cattle	722,914	673,093	643,956	753,429	734,029
Purebred swine	707	125	152	180	-
Other than purebred swine	5,093,538	5,287,341	6,661,593	6,482,545	6,745,346
Hogs	5,094,245	5,287,466	6,661,745	6,482,725	6,745,346
Sheep	11,862	10,434	22,969	31,163	19,459
Source: Statistics Canada; Prepared by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

Red meat exports

Exports by month – year-to-date cumulative (beef, veal and pork): Reports display value and volume of total Canadian beef, veal and pork exports by month, with annual subtotals. Data is updated monthly, revisions are continuous.
Exports by country – year-to-date cumulative (beef, veal and pork): Reports display value and volume of total Canadian beef, veal and pork exports by country with year-to-date cumulative. Data is updated monthly, revisions are continuous.
Canadian red meat export percentages: This annual report displays the export percentages (of total volumes produced), of Canadian beef and pork (meat only) and beef/cattle and pork/hogs (meat and live animals).

Live animal exports

Dynamic reports displaying exports of livestock (cattle, hogs, sheep/lamb, horses) to the United States through US ports of entry for the week/month/year. Data lags 2 weeks and revisions are monthly.

Live animal exports to the United States Week-to-date / Monthly / Annual

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