Virginia-Canada agricultural trade

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Bilateral agricultural trade = $711 million in 2023

Virginia exported $370 million to Canada, including:

  • $70M in food preparations*
  • $40M in fresh, chilled or frozen chicken
  • $39M in beverages
  • $31M in chocolate
  • $30M in peanuts

Virginia imported $341 million from Canada, including:

  • $44M in baked goods
  • $41M in canola oil
  • $37M in fresh, chilled or frozen pork
  • $17M in chocolate
  • $17M in fermented beverages

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

  • China: 26.9%
  • Canada: 11.6%
  • Taiwan: 5.4%
  • Belgium: 5.1%
  • Mexico: 4.9%

* 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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