Washington-Canada agricultural trade

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Bilateral agricultural trade = $3.1 billion in 2022

Washington exported $1.1 billion to Canada, including:

  • $187M in fresh apples and pears
  • $167M in vegetables and roots
  • $84M in fresh cherries
  • $46M in tallow
  • $38M in food preparations*

Washington imported $2.0 billion from Canada, including:

  • $385M in tallow
  • $282M in canola oil
  • $264M in live bovine animals
  • $124M in baked goods
  • $94M in prepared or preserved meat

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

  • China: 50%
  • Japan: 13%
  • Philippines: 8%
  • Korea: 6%
  • Canada: 5%

* 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 2022 total U.S. export and import data (as of February 2023)

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

Email: aafc.mas-sam.aac@agr.gc.ca

For more information, visit Canada-United States bilateral trade

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