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Nuclear and space: Canada and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, Canada sold USD 1.18 billion of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft to United States and bought USD 146 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft grew 71 percent, from USD 775 million in 2019 to USD 1.32 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Canada sold USD 1.18 billion of nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft, against USD 146 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 United States: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 0.63Low 0.37 / High 1.832025: 1.18

20190.63
20200.37
20210.61
20220.72
20231.1
20241.83
20251.18

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

Canada's imports from United States: nuclear materials, reactors and spacecraft

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

2019: 147.2Low 73.9 / High 261.52025: 146.1

2019147.2
2020261.5
2021135.1
202273.9
202379.9
202487.9
2025146.1

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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