Puerto Rico-Canada agricultural trade

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Bilateral agricultural trade = $306 million in 2023

Puerto Rico exported $113 million to Canada, including:

  • $106M in food preparations*
  • $6M in rum
  • $180K in tea extracts and concentrates
  • $38K in live plants
  • $30K in other fresh fruits

Puerto Rico imported $193 million from Canada, including:

  • $41M in frozen fries and other prepared potatoes
  • $40M in wheat and meslin
  • $30M in fresh or chilled potatoes
  • $25M in fresh or chilled pork
  • $11M in chocolate

Puerto Rico’s top agriculture and agri-food export markets:

  • Canada: 38%
  • Italy: 12%
  • Mexico: 9%
  • Dominican Republic: 7%
  • Saint Maarten (Dutch part): 4%

* 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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