Kentucky-Canada agricultural trade

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Bilateral agricultural trade = $691 million in 2023

Kentucky exported $289 million to Canada, including:

  • $54M in baked goods
  • $43M in whiskey
  • $33M in other spirits
  • $24M in prepared fruits and nuts
  • $14M in waters

Kentucky imported $402 million from Canada, including:

  • $40.4M in baked goods
  • $40.3M in whiskey
  • $33M in wine of fresh grapes
  • $28M in malt
  • $27M in rye

Kentucky’s top agriculture and agri-food export markets:

  • Canada: 25%
  • Japan: 11%
  • China: 10%
  • Australia: 9%
  • Ireland: 6%

* the category “food preparations” includes products such as tea substitutes, vegetable preparations, flavoring extracts, powders and essences, milk or cream substitutes, jelly powders, and juices from concentrate.

K = Thousand; M = Million; B = Billion

All figures in U.S. dollars based on 2023 total U.S. export and import data (as of february 2024)

Trade data source: U.S. Census Bureau based on the World Trade Organization definition of agriculture

E-mail: aafc.mas-sam.aac@agr.gc.ca

For more information, visit Canada-United States bilateral trade

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