Canada's animal genetic exports (for breeding purpose)

Animal genetic exports in Canadian dollars
  2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Cattle embryos 5,970,007 5,211,121 4,294,129 3,641,864 3,782,296
Dairy semen 109,639,454 103,820,420 115,276,907 137,300,776 155,831,275
Dairy cattle 12,230,237 13,064,418 24,727,872 30,010,501 41,682,982
Beef cattle semen 4,614,214 8,688,624 10,468,657 3,936,075 7,115,588
Beef cattle 7,927,214 7,191,563 9,034,602 15,531,276 14,917,207
Swine 61,852,366 50,851,624 34,248,488 22,728,638 20,140,532
Purebred horses 6,877,026 6,358,354 6,645,627 5,128,794 5,136,223
Fowls, live domestic weighing not more than 185g 14,374,587 15,567,165 20,857,379 29,209,505 30,694,291
Turkeys, live, weighing not more than 185g 25,993,030 28,840,141 28,731,634 27,307,455 31,243,014
Ducks, geese and guinea fowls, domestic, live, weighing not more than 185g 2,221,691 2,353,155 3,222,671 3,803,080 3,416,737
Hatching eggs 66,026,944 74,395,392 77,285,971 85,787,131 77,344,647
Total exports 317,726,770 316,341,977 334,793,937 364,385,095 391,304,792
Sources: Statistics Canada; Small ruminant embryo and semen data sourced from the Canadian Livestock Genetics Association

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