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Where does Canada get its batteries? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Canada imported $3.6 billion of batteries (314 thousand tonnes), 2.4% of the world total. The United States sold 51% of the total, followed by China (23%) and Poland (8%). Canada was the world’s 10th-largest importer of batteries.

Summary

Value
$3.6billion
Tonnes
314thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.4%
World rank
10th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States1.8Tonnes: 189,839USD per tonne: $9,69650.7%Land
China0.85Tonnes: 27,705USD per tonne: $30,56123.3%Sea
Poland0.29Tonnes: 5,753USD per tonne: $49,8837.9%Sea
South Korea0.12Tonnes: 32,194USD per tonne: $3,7933.4%Sea
Vietnam0.09Tonnes: 9,499USD per tonne: $9,5052.5%Air
Hungary0.08Tonnes: 1,150USD per tonne: $66,8452.1%Air
Mexico0.08Tonnes: 13,223USD per tonne: $5,5032.1%Sea
Japan0.05Tonnes: 2,272USD per tonne: $21,5361.4%Sea
Malaysia0.04Tonnes: 1,312USD per tonne: $29,0471.1%Air
Germany0.04Tonnes: 4,978USD per tonne: $7,1550.98%Sea
Taiwan0.03Tonnes: 2,222USD per tonne: $15,6180.96%Air
Philippines0.02Tonnes: 5,193USD per tonne: $4,3870.65%Sea
Austria0.02Tonnes: 6,488USD per tonne: $3,1420.56%Sea
Slovenia0.02Tonnes: 3,702USD per tonne: $4,0930.42%Sea
France0.01Tonnes: 826USD per tonne: $16,0500.37%Sea
Italy0.01Tonnes: 2,123USD per tonne: $4,1250.24%Sea
Sweden0.01Tonnes: 114USD per tonne: $64,4390.2%Air
Singapore re-exports0.01Tonnes: 166USD per tonne: $32,5730.15%Air
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 463USD per tonne: $8,2730.11%Sea
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: 123USD per tonne: $30,9870.11%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • United States 1.8
  • China 0.85
  • Poland 0.29
  • South Korea 0.12
  • Vietnam 0.09

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.211.8
China< 0.010.85
Poland00.29
South Korea< 0.010.12
Vietnam00.09

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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