Canada's animal genetic exports (for breeding purpose)

Animal genetic exports in Canadian dollars
  2019 2018 2021 2022 2023
Cattle embryos 5,643,074 5,970,007 5,211,121 4,294,129 3,548,663
Dairy semen 108,782,087 109,639,454 103,820,420 115,276,907 136,855,459
Dairy cattle 14,805,437 12,230,237 13,064,418 24,727,872 30,010,501
Beef cattle semen 6,456,247 4,662,768 9,189,835 10,694,205 5,018,458
Beef cattle 7,680,724 7,927,214 7,191,563 9,034,602 15,531,276
Swine 44,803,423 61,852,366 50,851,624 34,248,488 22,728,638
Purebred horses 15,217,517 6,877,026 6,358,354 6,645,627 5,128,794
Fowls, live domestic weighing not more than 185 g 19,808,639 14,374,587 15,567,165 20,857,379 29,209,505
Turkeys, live, weighing not more than 185 g 29,744,191 25,993,030 28,840,141 28,731,634 27,307,455
Ducks, geese and guinea fowls, domestic, live, weighing not more than 185 g 4,041,082 2,221,691 2,353,155 3,222,671 3,803,080
Hatching eggs 71,502,560 66,026,944 74,395,392 77,285,971 85,787,131
Total exports 328,605,245 317,775,324 316,843,188 335,019,485 364,928,960
Sources: Statistics Canada; Small ruminant embryo and semen data sourced from the Canadian Livestock Genetics Association

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