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Where does Canada get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Canada imported $3.9 billion of electric cables (217 thousand tonnes), 2.3% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (41%), Mexico (21%) and China (14%). Canada was the world’s 11th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$3.9billion
Tonnes
217thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.3%
World rank
11th
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 States1.6Tonnes: 114,906USD per tonne: $13,14541.4%Land
Mexico0.83Tonnes: 23,116USD per tonne: $35,90921.3%Sea
China0.54Tonnes: 42,743USD per tonne: $12,64913.8%Sea
Vietnam0.26Tonnes: 9,057USD per tonne: $28,8686.7%Sea
Philippines0.12Tonnes: 4,745USD per tonne: $26,1453.2%Sea
Indonesia0.06Tonnes: 1,988USD per tonne: $28,9191.5%Sea
Honduras0.05Tonnes: 1,348USD per tonne: $37,3921.3%Sea
Germany0.05Tonnes: 2,641USD per tonne: $17,3671.2%Air
Japan0.04Tonnes: 1,981USD per tonne: $21,1561.1%Sea
South Korea0.04Tonnes: 2,365USD per tonne: $16,5041%Sea
Poland0.03Tonnes: 1,955USD per tonne: $17,1410.86%Sea
Turkey0.03Tonnes: 1,113USD per tonne: $28,4580.81%Sea
Taiwan0.03Tonnes: 803USD per tonne: $33,2500.68%Air
Sweden0.02Tonnes: 461USD per tonne: $46,4870.55%Air
United Kingdom0.02Tonnes: 387USD per tonne: $51,1870.51%Air
Belgium re-exports0.02Tonnes: 1,426USD per tonne: $13,1640.48%Sea
India0.02Tonnes: 1,136USD per tonne: $14,3140.44%Sea
France0.02Tonnes: 340USD per tonne: $44,6270.39%Sea
Austria0.01Tonnes: 1,157USD per tonne: $12,8430.38%Sea
Malaysia0.01Tonnes: 166USD per tonne: $51,6360.22%Air

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 1.6
  • Mexico 0.83
  • China 0.54
  • Vietnam 0.26
  • Philippines 0.12

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.951.6
Mexico0.250.83
China0.020.54
Vietnam00.26
Philippines< 0.010.12

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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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