The Economics and Statistics Division maintains archives of previous publications for accountability purposes, but makes no updates to keep these documents current with the latest data revisions from Statistics Canada. As a result, information in older documents may not be accurate. Please exercise caution when referring to older documents. For the latest information and historical data, please contact the individual listed to the right.
<--- Return to Archive
For additional information relating to this article, please contact:
September 04, 2025NOVA SCOTIA INTERNATIONAL GOODS EXPORTS, JULY 2025 Year-over-year (July 2025 vs July 2024, domestic exports on a customs-basis, unadjusted)
Nova Scotia international goods exports were $591.5 million in July 2025, a growth of 2.7% compared to July 2024.
Canada's goods exports declined by 6.2% compared to July 2024. Out of ten provinces, five reported year-over-year gains. Prince Edward Island and Ontario reported the largest growths in exports. Québec and New Brunswick experienced the largest decline.
Year-to-date (January-July 2025 vs January-July 2024)
In the first seven months of 2025 domestic exports grew 1.0% in Nova Scotia compared to the same period in 2024. Canada's exports increased 1.5% for January-July 2025, with six provinces reporting declines. Prince Edward Island reported the largest gain while New Brunswick reported the steepest decline.
Among broad product categories, Nova Scotia's year-to-date domestic exports grew the most (in value terms) for motor vehicles/parts, chemicals/plastics/rubber products and electronics/electrical equipment. The largest declines were among shipments of forestry products and consumer goods.
The US is by far Nova Scotia's largest destination for international goods exports. In the first seven months of 2025, Nova Scotia exports to the United States were up 1.6% over same period in 2024, rising to $2,819.1 million.
China is Nova Scotia's second largest export destination and exports declined 25.1% to $320.4 million in January-July 2025.
Among the other significant export destinations, year-to-date exports were up sharply to Hong Kong. There were also notably large percentage gains in exports to Italy, Indonesia and Türkiye, though these started from very low values in 2024. The largest declines in year-to-date exports were to China, South Korea, Germany, India, Japan and Brazil.
Nova Scotia's exports to the US accounted for 70.5% of exports in January-July 2025. Massachusetts, Illinois, and South Carolina each had a larger export value than Nova Scotia's shipments to China in the first seven months of 2025. Exports were up for seven of Nova Scotia's top ten US state destinations; exports were down to Texas, Maine, California. The largest dollar value increases were for Illinois, South Carolina, and Massachusetts.
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 12-10-0175-01 International merchandise trade by province, commodity, and Principal Trading Partners (x 1,000); Table 12-10-0099-01 Merchandise imports and exports, customs-based, by Harmonized commodity description and coding system (HS) section, Canada, provinces and territories, United States, states (x 1,000)
<--- Return to Archive
