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Supply chains and manufacturing: Canada and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 867 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to China and bought USD 14.7 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 14.7 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 867 million the other way.

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 1.84Low 0.87 / High 1.842025: 0.87

20191.84
20201.24
20211.13
20221.1
20231.06
20240.92
20250.87

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 13.24Low 13.24 / High 19.252025: 14.75

201913.24
202013.69
202117.27
202219.25
202318.44
202416.46
202514.75

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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