# Canada exports to China: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Canada to China, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CAN-CHN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Canada reported $32.8B in goods exports to China. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $32.8B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 80.9% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 23 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 317 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 15.9% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $80.8B | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 120510 | Oil seeds: low erucic acid rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken | $2.9B | 3.1% | High attention |
| 3 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $291.6B | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 270112 | Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $31.4B | 28.8% | Watch |
| 5 | 260111 | Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated | $111.0B | 16.3% | High attention |
| 6 | 470321 | Wood pulp: chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, (other than dissolving grades), semi-bleached or bleached, of coniferous wood | $5.6B | 30.9% | Watch |
| 7 | 260300 | Copper ores and concentrates | $62.6B | 0% | Watch |
| 8 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $2.7B | 17.8% | High attention |
| 9 | 230641 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of low erucic acid rape or colza seed oils | $903.9M | 5.3% | High attention |
| 10 | 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $47.8B | 44.3% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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