Brazil's trade with Canada registered a significant surplus in 2024, reaching US$ 3.53 billion. Total exports amounted to US$ 6.32 billion, while imports stood at US$ 2.78 billion. This positive balance highlights Brazil's strong export performance in the bilateral relationship during the period.
The trade structure reveals a concentration in specific sectors. Brazil's primary exports to Canada include gold, artificial corundum, and sugar, indicating a specialization in precious metals and agricultural commodities. Conversely, Brazil's imports from Canada are led by potassic fertilizers and turbo-jets, suggesting reliance on essential agricultural inputs and complex machinery. Browse the SH4 chapters below to drill into a specific commodity.
| # | SH4 | Description | FOB | Weight | Avg. price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold (including gold plated with platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form |
| US$ 1.73 B |
| 14 t |
| US$ 122,189.559/kg |
| 2 | 2818 | Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined; aluminium oxide; aluminium hydroxide | US$ 447.8 M | 1.39 Mt | US$ 0.322/kg |
| 3 | 0901 | Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion | US$ 106.5 M | 14.9 kt | US$ 7.143/kg |
| 4 | 8802 | Other aircraft (for example, helicopters, aeroplanes); spacecraft (including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles | US$ 64.5 M | 67 t | US$ 956.848/kg |
| 5 | 1701 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form | US$ 64.2 M | 170.4 kt | US$ 0.377/kg |
| 6 | 8429 | Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers | US$ 50.3 M | 5.3 kt | US$ 9.508/kg |
| 7 | 2604 | Nickel ores and concentrates | US$ 26.6 M | 11.6 kt | US$ 2.300/kg |
| 8 | 0202 | Meat of bovine animals, frozen | US$ 26.4 M | 4.3 kt | US$ 6.173/kg |
| 9 | 2606 | Aluminum ores and concentrates | US$ 26.1 M | 768.0 kt | US$ 0.034/kg |
| 10 | 2710 | Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic con | US$ 25.3 M | 25.3 kt | US$ 1.000/kg |
| 11 | 8411 | Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines | US$ 22.6 M | 3 t | US$ 8,891.328/kg |
| 12 | 8501 | Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets) | US$ 21.5 M | 3.9 kt | US$ 5.573/kg |
| 13 | 2101 | Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or maté; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof | US$ 21.0 M | 1.6 kt | US$ 13.183/kg |
| 14 | 8504 | Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors | US$ 18.5 M | 734 t | US$ 25.130/kg |
| 15 | 2507 | Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, including calcined | US$ 15.8 M | 123.3 kt | US$ 0.128/kg |
| # | SH4 | Description | FOB | Weight | Avg. price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3104 | Mineral or chemical fertilisers, potassic | US$ 774.7 M | 2.27 Mt | US$ 0.342/kg |
| 2 | 8411 | Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines | US$ 94.3 M | 68 t | US$ 1,379.598/kg |
| 3 | Other aircraft (for example, helicopters, aeroplanes); spacecraft (including satellites) and suborbital and spacecraft launch vehicles | US$ 91.0 M | 42 t | US$ 2,160.303/kg | |
| 4 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings | US$ 61.1 M | 24 t | US$ 2,566.536/kg | |
| 5 | Sulfur of all kinds | US$ 20.6 M | 42.0 kt | US$ 0.490/kg | |
| 6 | Other moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores; piledrivers and pile-extractors; snowploughs and snow-blowers | US$ 19.6 M | 424 t | US$ 46.361/kg | |
| 7 | Other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping or bee-keeping machinery, including germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment; poultry incubators and brooders | US$ 16.8 M | 1.3 kt | US$ 12.982/kg | |
| 8 | Parts of apparatus of heading 88.01, 88.02 or 88.06 | US$ 16.4 M | 19 t | US$ 847.856/kg | |
| 9 | Ferro-alloys | US$ 14.3 M | 537 t | US$ 26.577/kg | |
| 10 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms | US$ 14.1 M | 13.9 kt | US$ 1.012/kg | |
| 11 | Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal | US$ 11.9 M | 77.2 kt | US$ 0.154/kg | |
| 12 | Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 8425 to 8430 | US$ 8.8 M | 643 t | US$ 13.709/kg | |
| 13 | Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras; still image video cameras and other video cam | US$ 8.1 M | 1 t | US$ 7,977.691/kg | |
| 14 | Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases | US$ 7.4 M | 227 t | US$ 32.602/kg | |
| 15 | Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones | US$ 5.6 M | 7 t | US$ 838.450/kg |
In 2024, Brazil's leading export to Canada was gold (SH4 7108), valued at US$ 1.84 billion. This was followed by artificial corundum (SH4 2818) at US$ 1.62 billion, and cane or beet sugar (SH4 1701) with US$ 664.12 million. Aircraft also featured prominently, with exports in SH4 8802 reaching US$ 497.21 million.
The primary import from Canada in 2024 was mineral or chemical fertilizers, potassic (SH4 3104), totaling US$ 1.32 billion. Other significant imports included turbo-jets (SH4 8411) valued at US$ 290.07 million, and aircraft (SH4 8802) amounting to US$ 164.21 million.
Brazil maintained a substantial trade surplus with Canada in 2024. Total exports reached US$ 6.32 billion, while imports were US$ 2.78 billion, resulting in a positive balance of US$ 3.53 billion for Brazil.
Brazil's exports to Canada are heavily concentrated in specific categories. In 2024, gold (SH4 7108) and artificial corundum (SH4 2818) together accounted for over US$ 3.45 billion. Sugar (SH4 1701) and aircraft (SH4 8802) were also significant export items.
Potassic fertilizers (SH4 3104) represent a major import from Canada, valued at US$ 1.32 billion in 2024. This highlights the importance of Canadian supply for Brazil's agricultural sector, as fertilizers are crucial for crop production.
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