Québec, May 21, 2025. – Québec’s international merchandise exports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were down 4.3% in March 2025 following two consecutive monthly increases (+1.8% in February and +4.4% in January). This finding comes from an analysis of the most recent data on Québec’s international merchandise trade released today by the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
The products that contributed the most to this monthly decline are aircraft (-42.9%), gold, silver, and platinum group metals, and their alloys (-96.2%), fresh and frozen pork (-38.5%), and basic and semi-finished products of non-ferrous metals and non-ferrous metal alloys (-43.4%).
The products whose exports increased in March include aircraft engines (+28.7%), iron ores and concentrates (+31.3%), unwrought copper and copper alloys (+68.8%), and lubricants and other petroleum refinery products, whose exports in February were very low.
Exports in the first three months of 2025 were up 8.2% compared with the same months of 2024.
Exports to the United States
Québec’s exports to the United States, non-seasonally adjusted and in current dollars, totalled $8.7 billion in March 2025, up 7.9% from February, while exports to other countries, on the same basis, increased by 25.4%. Overall, non-seasonally adjusted exports in current dollars to all countries therefore rose by 12.0%.
Consult the tables on international merchandise trade with the United States for information about the product structure of Québec’s exports and imports with that country.
Important notice about the May 21, 2025 release
In its May 6, 2025 release of international merchandise trade statistics for the reference month of March 2025, Statistics Canada stated that there are still delays in the receipt of import data due to the implementation of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) system. These delays are impacting the completeness of import statistics for the reference months of November 2024 to March 2025. Given these issues, users should exercise caution and expect revisions to import data in the coming months, even if they are published. For more information, see the Note to readers: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/250506/dq250506a-eng.htm.
Québec’s international merchandise imports up 1.9% in March 2025
Québec’s international merchandise imports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were up 1.9% in March 2025 from February (+0.7% in February).
Imports in the first three months of 2025 were up 5.1% compared with the same months of 2024.
The situation in Canada
According to data published by Statistics Canada on May 6, 2025, Canada’s seasonally adjusted merchandise exports in constant dollars increased by 1.3% in March 2025 from the previous month. Canada’s merchandise imports rose by 1.2%.
For the first three months of 2025, Canada’s merchandise exports and imports were up 6.7% and 2.2%, respectively, compared with the same period in 2024.
| 2024 | 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual change | Monthly change | Cumulative change2 | |||||
| February | March | ||||||
| Québec | |||||||
| Exports | 2.9 | 1.8 | −4.3 | 8.2 | |||
| Imports | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 5.1 | |||
| Canada | |||||||
| Exports | 1.1 | −4.7 | 1.3 | 6.7 | |||
| Imports | 0.0 | −0.3 | 1.2 | 2.2 | |||
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Useful links
International trade (monthly data)
International Trade Data Online : A tool for generating customized reports
Next release: June 19, 2025
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