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Pharma and health: Canada and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 270 million of pharmaceutical products to China and bought USD 203 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in pharmaceutical products runs both ways in similar amounts: Canada sold USD 270 million and China sold USD 203 million in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products grew 116 percent, from USD 218 million in 2019 to USD 472 million in 2025.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

Canada's exports to China: pharmaceutical products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Canada

2019: 88.6Low 88.6 / High 335.52025: 269.9

201988.6
2020207.9
2021335.5
2022203.9
2023195.5
2024209.4
2025269.9

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Canada's imports from China: pharmaceutical products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by Canada

2019: 129.8Low 129 / High 2872025: 202.5

2019129.8
2020143.9
2021169.4
2022287
2023129
2024162.2
2025202.5

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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