# Canada HS 253010 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 253010 exports from Canada: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Canada |
| HS6 | 253010 |
| Latest exports | $195.2K |
| Active destinations | 12 |
| Three-year growth | -38.7% |
| Destination HHI | 1,051 |
| Weighted share | 22.8% |

## Destination markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $38.5K; share 0.1%; growth -55.1%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: France at $117.0K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Poland at $86.8 / ton.
- Median reported price: $891.5 / ton.
- Price spread: 13,114.4%.

## Export history

- 2010: $2.4M
- 2011: $801.5K
- 2012: $358.6K
- 2013: $523.0K
- 2014: $276.3K
- 2015: $453.8K
- 2016: $23.7K
- 2017: $32.8K
- 2018: $84.6K
- 2019: $24.3K
- 2020: $29.1K
- 2021: $431.7K
- 2022: $258.1K
- 2023: $137.8K
- 2024: $99.6K

## Methods

Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade.

Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed.

## Complete structured values

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