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Trade between Canada and Mexico

In 2024, Canada exported $9.3 billion to Mexico and imported $32 billion. Canada ran a deficit of $22.7 billion with Mexico, compared with a deficit of $19 billion in 2019. Mexico was Canada’s 3rd largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Canada was Mexico’s 3rd (3%).

Summary

Canada → Mexico
$9.3billion
Mexico → Canada
$32billion
Canada’s balance
-$22.7billion

Balance

Canada’s trade balance with Mexico

Trade between Canada and Mexico grew 8.4-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Canada’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 9.3
  • Imports 32
  • Balance -22.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.2 billion$3.7 billion-$2.5 billion
1996$1.6 billion$4.3 billion-$2.7 billion
1997$1.9 billion$4.7 billion-$2.8 billion
1998$2.1 billion$5 billion-$3 billion
1999$2.6 billion$6 billion-$3.4 billion
2000$3.7 billion$8 billion-$4.3 billion
2001$3.9 billion$7.6 billion-$3.7 billion
2002$3.8 billion$8 billion-$4.2 billion
2003$3.5 billion$8.7 billion-$5.2 billion
2004$4.5 billion$10.1 billion-$5.6 billion
2005$5.3 billion$12 billion-$6.6 billion
2006$6.5 billion$14 billion-$7.5 billion
2007$7.2 billion$15.4 billion-$8.3 billion
2008$8.2 billion$16.2 billion-$8 billion
2009$6.4 billion$14.1 billion-$7.7 billion
2010$7.3 billion$20.9 billion-$13.6 billion
2011$8.4 billion$23.9 billion-$15.5 billion
2012$8.1 billion$24.4 billion-$16.2 billion
2013$8.3 billion$24.7 billion-$16.4 billion
2014$6.6 billion$25.1 billion-$18.5 billion
2015$8.5 billion$19.7 billion-$11.1 billion
2016$8.7 billion$20 billion-$11.2 billion
2017$8.4 billion$24.1 billion-$15.7 billion
2018$9 billion$27.1 billion-$18 billion
2019$8 billion$27 billion-$19 billion
2020$7 billion$22.1 billion-$15.1 billion
2021$8.2 billion$26.1 billion-$17.9 billion
2022$9.6 billion$30.5 billion-$20.9 billion
2023$10.2 billion$32.7 billion-$22.6 billion
2024$9.3 billion$32 billion-$22.7 billion

What they sell each other

What Canada sells to Mexico

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Auto parts$1.2 billion · 13.3%
    73 thousand tonnes · Canada’s destinations
  2. Catalysts$434 million · 4.7%
    1 thousand tonnes
  3. Pork$407 million · 4.4%
    163 thousand tonnes · Canada’s destinations
  4. Cars$399 million · 4.3%
    23 thousand tonnes · Canada’s destinations
  5. Spark-ignition engines$350 million · 3.8%
    10 thousand tonnes
  6. Rapeseed (canola)$278 million · 3%
    400 thousand tonnes · Canada’s destinations
  7. Unwrought aluminum$265 million · 2.9%
    83 thousand tonnes · Canada’s destinations
  8. Liquid pumps$185 million · 2%
    5 thousand tonnes
  9. Polyethylene$183 million · 2%
    130 thousand tonnes · Canada’s destinations
  10. Wheat$173 million · 1.9%
    521 thousand tonnes · Canada’s destinations

What Mexico sells to Canada

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$5.9 billion · 18.4%
    355 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  2. Trucks$3.8 billion · 11.9%
    322 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  3. Auto parts$1.5 billion · 4.7%
    110 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  4. Computers$1.4 billion · 4.5%
    4 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  5. Tractors$1.1 billion · 3.3%
    88 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  6. Cables and wire$830 million · 2.6%
    23 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  7. 2 thousand tonnes
  8. Seats and chairs$593 million · 1.9%
    43 thousand tonnes
  9. Monitors and projectors$593 million · 1.9%
    21 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  10. Engine parts$561 million · 1.8%
    25 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Vancouver to Manzanillo.

The estimated sea route between Vancouver and Manzanillo is 2,379 nautical miles (4,406 km) long: ≈ 5.5–7 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$33.8 billion · 82.1%
  2. Air$7.4 billion · 17.9%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Mexico was Canada’s 3rd largest trading partner (4% of its trade), and Canada was Mexico’s 3rd (3%).

Mexico in Canada’s trade
3.9%
Mexico’s rank among Canada’s partners
3rd
Canada in Mexico’s trade
3.5%
Canada’s rank among Mexico’s partners
3rd

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.