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October 07, 2025NOVA SCOTIA INTERNATIONAL GOODS EXPORTS, AUGUST 2025 Year-over-year (August 2025 vs August 2024, domestic exports on a customs-basis, unadjusted)
Nova Scotia international goods exports were $514.1 million in August 2025, a decline of 8.4% compared to August 2024.
Canada's goods exports declined by 7.7% compared to August 2024. All provinces except Prince Edward Island reported lower exports year-over-year. Newfoundland and Labrador experienced the largest decline.
Year-to-date (January-August 2025 vs January-August 2024)
In the first eight months of 2025 domestic exports edged down 0.1% in Nova Scotia compared to the same period in 2024. Canada's exports increased 0.4% for January-August 2025, despite seven provinces reporting declines. Prince Edward Island reported the largest export gain while New Brunswick and Manitoba reported the steepest year-to-date export declines.
Among broad product categories, the largest categories were farm, fishing and intermediate food products, followed by motor vehicles and parts as well as consumer goods.
Nova Scotia's year-to-date domestic exports grew the most (in value terms) for motor vehicles/parts. The largest declines were among shipments of consumer goods.
Although energy products reported the largest percentage increase in year-to-date exports, Nova Scotia's energy exports remain a small value.
The US is by far Nova Scotia's largest destination for international goods exports. In the first eight months of 2025, Nova Scotia exports to the United States were up 0.6% over same period in 2024, rising to $3,171.2 million.
China is Nova Scotia's second largest export destination and exports declined 27.9% to $353.3 million in January-August 2025.
Among the other significant export destinations, year-to-date exports were up sharply to France, Hong Kong and Germany. There were also notably large percentage gains in exports to Italy and Türkiye, though these started from lower values in 2024. The largest declines in year-to-date exports were to China, South Korea, India, Japan and Brazil.
Nova Scotia's exports to the US accounted for 70.3% of exports in January-August 2025. Massachusetts, Illinois and South Carolina each had a larger export value than Nova Scotia's shipments to China in the first eight months of 2025. Exports were up for seven of Nova Scotia's top ten US state destinations; exports were down to Texas, Maine and California. The largest dollar value increases were for Illinois, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
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)
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