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Who buys Canada’s uranium? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $3.3 billion of uranium (21 thousand tonnes), 26.5% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (38%), the Netherlands (25%) and Germany (15%). Canada was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of uranium.

Summary

Value
$3.3billion
Tonnes
21thousand tonnes
Share of world total
26.5%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 9 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States1.2Tonnes: 9,929USD per tonne: $125,50238.1%Land
Netherlands re-exports0.81Tonnes: 4,321USD per tonne: $187,91524.8%Air
Germany0.49Tonnes: 2,713USD per tonne: $178,91514.8%Air
United Kingdom0.46Tonnes: 2,149USD per tonne: $213,92114.1%Air
France0.19Tonnes: 1,224USD per tonne: $154,2385.8%Air
Romania0.05Tonnes: 232USD per tonne: $228,9861.6%Air
South Korea0.02Tonnes: 179USD per tonne: $139,5140.76%Air
Namibia< 0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $385,4570.02%Air
Austria< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $54,0000%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • United States 1.2
  • Netherlands 0.81
  • Germany 0.49
  • United Kingdom 0.46
  • France 0.19

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.311.2
Netherlands0.020.81
Germany< 0.010.49
United Kingdom0.020.46
France0.150.19

Sources and methodology

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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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