Strategic Lens

Nuclear and space: Canada and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 121 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to Japan.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft grew about 9.3 times, from USD 12.9 million in 2019 to USD 121 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Canada sold USD 121 million of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft, and Japan sold almost none.

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 Japan: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 12.9Low 11.5 / High 120.62025: 120.6

201912.9
202012.2
202112.6
202212.6
202316
202411.5
2025120.6

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026