FAO FAOSTAT Trade Data · Country
Canada
Heavy-third FAO agricultural trade profile for Canada (2018–2023).
- $236.0B
- exports, 2018–2023
- $141.1B
- imports, 2018–2023
- +$94.9B
- trade surplus
- $377.1B
- total trade (imports + exports)
Canada agricultural trade, 2018–2023
Imports vs exports by year, FAO FAOSTAT Trade: Crops and Livestock
Heavy cumulative trade book
Canada in the heavy-trade third
$377.1B cumulative 2018–2023 ag trade puts Canada in the heaviest third of FAO partners here (#9 of 50).
Cumulative 2018-2023 ag trade for Canada reached $377.1B, a heavy-third book where US duty shifts on its headline commodities move real volume. Leading export: Wheat; leading import: Wine. US MFN duties follow the product's HTS classification, not origin; on a heavy book, map each Canada-origin shipment to the exact 8- or 10-digit subheading before quoting landed cost.
Dig deeper: How US tariffs move trade flows. Source: FAO FAOSTAT Trade: Crops and Livestock (USD converted from 1000 USD units).
Top Agricultural Exports (2023)
| # | Commodity | Export Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheat | $8.8B |
| 2 | Rapeseed or canola oil; crude | $5.3B |
| 3 | Rape or colza seed | $4.5B |
| 4 | Meat of cattle boneless; fresh or chilled | $2.7B |
| 5 | Soya beans | $2.6B |
| 6 | Cake of rapeseed | $2.2B |
| 7 | Meat of pig boneless; fresh or chilled | $2.1B |
| 8 | Potatoes; frozen | $1.8B |
| 9 | Lentils; dry | $1.7B |
| 10 | Cattle | $1.3B |
Top Agricultural Imports (2023)
| # | Commodity | Import Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wine | $2.0B |
| 2 | Dog or cat food; put up for retail sale | $1.3B |
| 3 | Other non-alcoholic caloric beverages | $1.1B |
| 4 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol; spirits; liqueurs and other spirituous beverages | $1.0B |
| 5 | Meat of cattle boneless; fresh or chilled | $956.0M |
| 6 | Maize (corn) | $894.9M |
| 7 | Coffee; green | $867.8M |
| 8 | Coffee; decaffeinated or roasted | $855.2M |
| 9 | Communion wafers; empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use; sealing wafers; rice paper and similar products. | $853.0M |
| 10 | Breakfast cereals | $636.2M |
Trade Profile Summary
- Leading agricultural export: Wheat
- Leading agricultural import: Wine
Nationwide trading partners with similar ag trade scale
Two FAO peer sets for Canada's heavy-third book, each excluding this country (commodity tables above stay the bilateral path).
Similar total ag trade
Nearest other countries by cumulative imports+exports ($377.1B here).
Similar trade balance
Nearest other countries by export−import balance (+$94.9B here).
Sources: U.S. International Trade Commission Harmonized Tariff Schedule (2026 Basic Edition) and FAO FAOSTAT Trade: Crops and Livestock. See our methodology for how figures are computed.
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