Sector footprint
$3.8B in exports
Reported agriculture and food exports in 2024 across 42 qualifying HS6 products.
Sector export playbook ยท HS 01-24
Canada Agriculture and food exports
where capability meets demand
Explore Canada's HS 01-24 product portfolio, buyer markets, growth signals, and diversification opportunities. Use this guide to prioritize research, not to treat calculated indicators as guaranteed sales.
Sector exports$3.8B2024 reported value
Products42Qualifying HS6 products
Buyer markets21Markets represented
Average CAGR+3.8%Product-level growth signal
Global sector size$225.2BReported buyer imports
Agriculture and food capability
How strong is Canada in this sector?
Compare exporter scale with product breadth, buyer demand, growth, and destination reach. A large sector does not remove the need for product, compliance, pricing, and buyer validation.
Global demand
$225.2B buyer imports
The sector's reported buyer import base provides context for product and market prioritization.
How to use the guide
Find the next credible move
Start with products that combine demand and exporter capability, then validate standards, route economics, buyers, and competition.
Product portfolio
Which products anchor the sector?
Each HS6 product is ranked by calculated opportunity and shown with reported market size, exporter exports, growth, and destination reach.
| Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HS 120190Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $59.3B | $799.8M | $72.1B | +19.1% | 7 | +2.6% |
| HS 100590Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $16.6B | $3.5M | $17.2B | +5.2% | 5 | +0.0% |
| HS 020230Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $15.5B | $117.1M | $13.3B | +12.3% | 2 | +1.2% |
| HS 220300Beer: made from malt | $7.6B | $75.7M | $7.5B | -3.2% | 1 | +1.0% |
| HS 220890Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages: n.e.c. in heading no. 2208 | $4.9B | $36.1M | $6.5B | +12.4% | 1 | +0.7% |
| HS 030617Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $9.1B | $2.7M | $6.2B | +4.5% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 230400Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $6.0B | $155.5K | $6.0B | -7.4% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 080929Fruit, edible: cherries, other than sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh | $3.2B | $1.4M | $6.0B | +36.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 080440Fruit, edible: avocados, fresh or dried | $3.7B | $36.1K | $5.9B | +13.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100119Cereals: wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | $3.4B | $3.1M | $5.1B | -0.2% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 151190Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $4.5B | $2.3M | $4.9B | -18.4% | 2 | +0.1% |
| HS 090111Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $10.3B | $45.1M | $4.0B | -0.9% | 2 | +0.4% |
| HS 100630Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $4.1B | $7.4K | $3.9B | -3.0% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 210690Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $12.3B | $1.2B | $3.9B | +16.9% | 2 | +8.7% |
| HS 170114Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $3.2B | $601.7 | $3.8B | -19.1% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 020312Meat: of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, fresh or chilled | $2.2B | $212.2M | $3.3B | +30.6% | 1 | +9.6% |
| HS 070200Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $3.6B | $583.1M | $2.9B | +12.7% | 1 | +16.1% |
| HS 240220Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $3.2B | $7.6K | $2.7B | -2.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 190110Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for infant use, put up for retail sale | $3.6B | $1.1M | $2.7B | +36.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030214Fish: fresh or chilled, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $1.8B | $179.8 | $2.4B | -24.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 030441Fish fillets: fresh or chilled, salmon, Pacific (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic (Salmo salar), Danube (Hucho hucho) | $2.6B | $95.4M | $2.1B | +2.6% | 1 | +3.7% |
| HS 040221Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | $1.6B | $102.1K | $2.0B | +23.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 170290Sugars: n.e.c. in heading no. 1702, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing, in the dry state, 50% by weight of fructose | $1.2B | $54.6K | $2.0B | +8.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220421Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | $4.8B | $13.3M | $1.9B | +7.6% | 1 | +0.3% |
| HS 030633Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not | $1.7B | $119.3M | $1.8B | +33.9% | 1 | +7.2% |
| HS 151790Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils of heading no. 1516 | $1.2B | $187.9K | $1.8B | +20.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 020714Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $2.6B | $19.4K | $1.8B | -17.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 160232Meat preparations: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus) | $2.2B | $35.0K | $1.8B | +0.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 230120Flours, meals and pellets: of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates | $3.0B | $9.3K | $1.7B | -2.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 081020Fruit, edible: raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries, fresh | $1.2B | $1.3M | $1.7B | -7.4% | 1 | +0.1% |
| HS 080131Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, in shell, fresh or dried | $2.3B | $8.8K | $1.7B | -14.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 150910Vegetable oils: olive oil and its fractions, virgin, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $2.6B | $52.4K | $1.6B | +1.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151800Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: oxidised, boiled or otherwise chemically modified, (excluding those of heading no. 1516), inedible mixtures or preparations of fats or oils | $2.4B | $253.5M | $1.6B | +19.0% | 1 | +10.8% |
| HS 110814Starch: manioc (cassava) | $2.0B | $4.3K | $1.6B | -26.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 040690Dairy produce: cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406 | $4.4B | $8.6K | $1.6B | -11.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 081040Fruit, edible: cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus vaccinium, fresh | $1.9B | $203.3M | $1.5B | +7.1% | 1 | +10.5% |
| HS 180100Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $3.7B | $78.6 | $1.4B | -19.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 020130Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, fresh or chilled | $1.1B | $3.0M | $1.4B | +4.8% | 1 | +0.3% |
| HS 220820Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc | $1.2B | $161.3K | $1.4B | -3.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 120810Flours and meals: of soya beans | $788.2M | $548.2 | $1.3B | -10.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 060290Plants, live: n.e.s. in heading no. 0602 | $1.5B | $2.7K | $1.3B | -8.7% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100199Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $1.2B | $47.8K | $1.3B | -15.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
Best markets
Where does sector demand concentrate?
Markets are ranked by calculated opportunity across the qualifying products in this sector view.
CHN
China
14 products represented in the sector.
$101.8B$89.8B reported buyer importsUSA
USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
15 products represented in the sector.
$43.4B$58.1B reported buyer importsMEX
Mexico
3 products represented in the sector.
$13.5B$10.8B reported buyer importsDEU
Germany
4 products represented in the sector.
$7.5B$13.4B reported buyer importsVNM
Viet Nam
3 products represented in the sector.
$6.9B$7.7B reported buyer importsEGY
Egypt
2 products represented in the sector.
$6.6B$5.2B reported buyer importsJPN
Japan
2 products represented in the sector.
$4.7B$5.6B reported buyer importsIDN
Indonesia
2 products represented in the sector.
$3.6B$3.6B reported buyer importsTHA
Thailand
2 products represented in the sector.
$3.5B$3.0B reported buyer importsPHL
Philippines
2 products represented in the sector.
$3.5B$3.0B reported buyer importsPAK
Pakistan
1 products represented in the sector.
$3.0B$2.9B reported buyer importsTUR
Turkey
2 products represented in the sector.
$2.7B$2.9B reported buyer importsGrowth stars
Which products show the strongest growth?
Average product-level CAGR is a screening signal. Confirm the latest trend, base effects, buyer quality, and commercial feasibility before acting.
| Product | Average CAGR | Opportunity | Markets |
|---|---|---|---|
| HS 190110Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for infant use, put up for retail sale | +36.3% | $2.7B | 1 |
| HS 080929Fruit, edible: cherries, other than sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh | +36.1% | $6.0B | 1 |
| HS 030633Crustaceans: live, fresh or chilled, crabs, whether in shell or not | +33.9% | $1.8B | 1 |
| HS 020312Meat: of swine, hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, fresh or chilled | +30.6% | $3.3B | 1 |
| HS 040221Dairy produce: milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content exceeding 1.5% (by weight) | +23.9% | $2.0B | 1 |
| HS 151790Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils of heading no. 1516 | +20.1% | $1.8B | 1 |
| HS 120190Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | +19.1% | $72.1B | 7 |
| HS 151800Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions: oxidised, boiled or otherwise chemically modified, (excluding those of heading no. 1516), inedible mixtures or preparations of fats or oils | +19.0% | $1.6B | 1 |
| HS 210690Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | +16.9% | $3.9B | 2 |
| HS 080440Fruit, edible: avocados, fresh or dried | +13.4% | $5.9B | 1 |
Diversification opportunities
Which products reach the widest buyer base?
Destination count is a simple breadth indicator. It does not measure destination concentration or guarantee resilience.
HS 120190
Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken
7 markets$72.1B calculated opportunityHS 100590
Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed
5 markets$17.2B calculated opportunityHS 230400
Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil
3 markets$6.0B calculated opportunityHS 020230
Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen
2 markets$13.3B calculated opportunityHS 030617
Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water
2 markets$6.2B calculated opportunityHS 151190
Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
2 markets$4.9B calculated opportunityHS 090111
Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated
2 markets$4.0B calculated opportunityHS 100630
Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed
2 markets$3.9B calculated opportunityFrequently asked questions
Using the Agriculture and food export playbook
Practical guidance for interpreting sector scale, growth, product breadth, and buyer markets.
How strong is Canada in this sector?
Compare sector exports, product breadth, buyer markets, growth, and global demand. These signals identify research priorities rather than guarantee market access.
What are growth stars?
Products with higher average reported growth in the screened rows. Validate the time period, base effects, buyer demand, and current exporter position.
What does diversification mean here?
Products reaching more buyer markets in the screened data. Destination breadth is useful context but does not replace concentration, route, or buyer analysis.
Data source
OECD trade statistics with CEPII context
OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.