Québec, July 17, 2025. – Québec’s international merchandise exports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were up 1.3% in May 2025 following two consecutive monthly declines (-13.2% in April and -3.8% in March). 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 gain were iron ores and concentrates (+23.2%), basic and semi-finished products of non-ferrous metals and non-ferrous metal alloys (except gold, silver, platinum group metals and aluminum) (+34.9%), fresh and frozen pork (+20.9%), and aircraft engines (+5.3%).
The products whose exports decreased in May include wood pulp (-43.7%), aircraft (-5.2%), unwrought aluminum and aluminum alloys (-3.7%), and petrochemicals (-92.4%).
Exports in the first five months of 2025 were up 2.7% 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 $6.3 billion in May 2025, an increase of 0.9% from April. Despite this increase, their level remained relatively low, as was the case in April. The cumulative total for these two months was 13.3% lower than in the same months of 2024.
On the same basis, exports to other countries (except the United States) were up 7.4%. Overall, non-seasonally adjusted exports in current dollars to all countries therefore rose by 2.9%.
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 July 17, 2025 release
In its July 3, 2025 release of international merchandise trade statistics for the reference month of May 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 May 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/250703/dq250703a-eng.htm.
Québec’s international merchandise imports down 2.4% in May 2025
Québec’s international merchandise imports, seasonally adjusted and in constant dollars, were down 2.4% in May 2025 from April (-2.8% in April).
Imports in the first five months of 2025 were up 4.5% compared with the same months of 2024.
The situation in Canada
According to data published by Statistics Canada on July 3, 2025, Canada’s seasonally adjusted merchandise exports in constant dollars increased by 1.6% in May 2025 from the previous month. Meanwhile, imports were down 1.5%.
For the first five months of 2025, Canada’s merchandise exports and imports were up 2.4% and 1.6%, respectively, compared with the same period in 2024.
| 2024 | 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual change | Monthly change | Cumulative change2 | |||||
| April | May | ||||||
| Québec | |||||||
| Exports | 2.9 | −13.2 | 1.3 | 2.7 | |||
| Imports | 1.3 | –2.8 | −2.4 | 4.5 | |||
| Canada | |||||||
| Exports | 1.1 | −8.2 | 1.6 | 2.4 | |||
| Imports | 0.0 | −2.7 | −1.5 | 1.6 | |||
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Useful links
International trade (monthly data)
International Trade Data Online: A tool for generating customized reports
Next release: August 19, 2025
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