Québec, March 20, 2025. – Québec’s international merchandise exports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were up 4.8% in January 2025 from the previous month (-2.2% in December 2024). This was revealed in an analysis of Québec’s most recent international merchandise trade data released today by the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
The products that contributed the most to this monthly increase are unwrought gold, silver, and platinum group metals and their alloys (+248.2%), unwrought aluminum and aluminum alloys (+17.8%), commercial and service industry machinery and equipment (+81.7%), and iron ores and concentrates (+23.6%).
The products whose exports decreased in January include aircraft (-19.6%), other metal ores and concentrates not elsewhere classified (-95.7%), heavy fuel oils
(-44.8%), and light-duty trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles, without electric motor (-14.3%).
Exports in January 2025 were up 12.6% from January 2024.
Exports to the United States
Exports to the United States, non-seasonally adjusted and in current dollars, reached $8.3 billion in January 2025, down 2.1% from December 2024. For more details, see the table on exports to the United States (in French only).
Important notice about the March 20, 2025 release
In its March 6, 2025 release of international merchandise trade statistics for the reference month of January 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 October 2024 to January 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 section: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/250306/dq250306a-eng.htm.
Québec’s international merchandise imports down 4.5% in January 2025
Québec’s international merchandise imports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were down 4.5% in January 2025 from December 2024 (+0.3% in December 2024).
Imports in January 2025 were down 4.8% from January 2024.
The situation in Canada
According to data published by Statistics Canada on March 6, 2025, Canada’s seasonally adjusted merchandise exports in constant dollars increased by 4.8% in January 2025 from the previous month, while imports decreased by 1.1%.
Compared with January 2024, Canada’s merchandise exports and imports were up by 12.4% and 0.2%, respectively.
| 2024 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual Change | Monthly change | Cumulative change2 | |||||
| December | January | ||||||
| Québec | |||||||
| Exportations | 2.7 | −2.2 | 4.8 | 12.6 | |||
| Importations | 1.0 | 0.3 | −4.5 | −4.8 | |||
| Canada | |||||||
| Exportations | 1.0 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 12.4 | |||
| Importations | −0.3 | 1.1 | −1.1 | 0.2 | |||
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Useful links
- International trade (monthly data)
- International Trade Data Online: A tool for generating customized reports
Next release: April 17, 2025
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