Québec, September 18, 2025. – Québec’s international merchandise exports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were down 6.0% in July 2025 from the previous month (+3.6% in June). This finding comes from the most recent international merchandise trade data for Québec released today by the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
The products that contributed the most to this monthly decline were aircraft
(-48.2%), unwrought aluminum and aluminum alloys (-34.3%), iron ores and concentrates (-35.2%), and oilseeds, except canola (-34.8%).
The products whose exports increased in July include unwrought gold, silver, and platinum group metals and their alloys, whose exports in June 2025 were very low, pharmaceutical and medicinal products (+41.1%), parts of electronic equipment not elsewhere classified (+199.4%), and unwrought copper and copper alloys (+46.0%).
Exports in the first seven months of 2025 were down 2.6% from the same period in 2024.
Exports to the United States
Québec’s exports to the United States in the first seven months of 2025, non-seasonally adjusted and in current dollars, were down 2.4% compared with the same months of 2024. On the same basis and over the same period, exports to other countries (except the United States) were up 6.9%, while exports to all countries remained relatively stable.
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 September 18, 2025 release
In its September 4, 2025 release of international merchandise trade statistics for the reference month of July 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 July 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/250904/dq250904a-eng.htm.
Québec’s international merchandise imports down 8.3% in July 2025
Québec’s international merchandise imports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were down 8.3% in July 2025 from June (+4.9% in June).
Imports in the first seven months of 2025 were up 5.6% compared with the same months of 2024.
The situation in Canada
According to data published by Statistics Canada on September 4, 2025, Canada’s seasonally adjusted merchandise exports in constant dollars increased by 2.0% in July 2025 from the previous month. Canada’s merchandise imports decreased by 3.7%.
For the first seven months of 2025, Canada’s merchandise exports remained essentially unchanged from the same period in 2024, while its imports rose by 0.8%.
| 2024 | 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual change | Monthly change | Cumulative change2 | |||||
| May | June | ||||||
| Québec | |||||||
| Exports | 2.9 | 3.6 | −6.0 | −2.6 | |||
| Imports | 1.3 | 4.9 | −8.3 | 5.6 | |||
| Canada | |||||||
| Exports | 1.1 | −1.2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Imports | 0.2 | 0.4 | −3.7 | 0.8 | |||
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Useful links
International trade (monthly data)
International Trade Data Online: A tool for generating customized reports
Next release: October 21, 2025
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