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Where does Canada get its fertilizers? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Canada imported $2.5 billion of fertilizers (5.1 million tonnes), 2.6% of the world total. The United States sold 68% of the total, followed by Morocco (14%) and Algeria (4%). Canada was the world’s 8th-largest importer of fertilizers.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
5.1million tonnes
Share of world total
2.6%
World rank
8th
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 States1.7Tonnes: 3,193,451USD per tonne: $52967.8%Sea
Morocco0.35Tonnes: 633,232USD per tonne: $56014.3%Sea
Algeria0.11Tonnes: 303,317USD per tonne: $3664.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.06Tonnes: 210,362USD per tonne: $2652.2%Sea
Trinidad and Tobago0.04Tonnes: 135,396USD per tonne: $3291.8%Sea
Lithuania0.04Tonnes: 108,045USD per tonne: $3251.4%Sea
Egypt0.03Tonnes: 64,045USD per tonne: $4971.3%Sea
Germany0.03Tonnes: 110,298USD per tonne: $2491.1%Sea
Qatar0.02Tonnes: 40,317USD per tonne: $3790.61%Sea
United Kingdom0.01Tonnes: 42,592USD per tonne: $3330.57%Sea
Turkmenistan0.01Tonnes: 38,000USD per tonne: $3390.52%Sea
Norway0.01Tonnes: 38,947USD per tonne: $3230.51%Sea
Tunisia0.01Tonnes: 10,368USD per tonne: $1,0520.44%Sea
Georgia0.01Tonnes: 27,000USD per tonne: $3850.42%Sea
China0.01Tonnes: 14,672USD per tonne: $6020.35%Sea
Chile0.01Tonnes: 6,734USD per tonne: $1,2820.35%Sea
Israel0.01Tonnes: 4,576USD per tonne: $1,4290.26%Sea
Mexico< 0.01Tonnes: 5,223USD per tonne: $9450.2%Sea
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 10,488USD per tonne: $4230.18%Sea
Azerbaijan< 0.01Tonnes: 28,954USD per tonne: $1380.16%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 1.7
  • Morocco 0.35
  • Algeria 0.11
  • Netherlands 0.06
  • Trinidad and Tobago 0.04

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.191.7
Morocco00.35
Algeria00.11
Netherlands0.020.06
Trinidad and Tobago00.04

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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