Québec, October 21, 2025. – Québec’s international merchandise exports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were up 0.7% in August 2025 from the previous month (-6.2% in July). 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 increase were aircraft (+39.7%), unwrought aluminum and aluminum alloys (+47.8%), heavy fuel oils (+193.5%), and iron ores and concentrates (+28.9%).
Some of the products whose exports decreased in August include basic and semi-finished products of non-ferrous metals and non-ferrous metal alloys, except gold, silver, platinum group metals and aluminum (-70.4%), softwood lumber, except tongue and groove and other edge worked lumber (-52.6%), unwrought gold, silver, and platinum group metals, and their alloys (-99.9%), and oilseeds, except canola (-38.9%).
Exports in the first eight months of 2025 were down 3.9% from the same period in 2024.
Exports to the United States
Québec’s exports to the United States in the first eight months of 2025, non-seasonally adjusted and in current dollars, were down 4.2% 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 6.3%. Consequently, total exports—including to the United States—were down 1.4%.
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 October 21, 2025 release
In its October 7, 2025 release of international merchandise trade statistics for the reference month of August 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 August 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/251007/dq251007a-eng.htm
Québec’s international merchandise imports down 11.6% in August 2025
Québec’s international merchandise imports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were down 11.6% in August 2025 from July (-2.1% in July).
Imports in the first eight months of 2025 were up 5.4% compared with the same months of 2024.
The situation in Canada
According to data published by Statistics Canada on October 7, 2025, Canada’s seasonally adjusted merchandise exports in constant dollars declined by 3.1% in August 2025 from the previous month. Meanwhile, imports were down 1.9%.
For the first eight months of 2025, Canada’s merchandise exports decreased by 0.7% from the same period in 2024, while its imports rose by 0.9%.
| 2024 | 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual change | Monthly change | Cumulative change2 | |||||
| July | August | ||||||
| Québec | |||||||
| Exports | 2.9 | −6.2 | 0.7 | −3.9 | |||
| Imports | 1.3 | −2.1 | −11.6 | 5.4 | |||
| Canada | |||||||
| Exports | 1.1 | 2.2 | −3.1 | −0.7 | |||
| Imports | 0.2 | −1.0 | −1.9 | 0.9 | |||
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Useful links
International trade (monthly data)
International Trade Data Online: A tool for generating customized reports
Possible delays in the release of Québec international merchandise trade statistics
Note that the partial shutdown of the US federal government as of October 1, 2025 may impact the availability of certain data necessary to produce statistics on Québec’s international merchandise trade. As a result, the release of these statistics could be postponed in the coming months. For more information about this, see the Note on the US government shutdown published by Statistics Canada in the Note to readers section: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/251007/dq251007a-eng.htm.
Next release: November 18, 2025
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