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March 12, 2026NOVA SCOTIA INTERNATIONAL GOODS EXPORTS, JANUARY 2026 Year-over-year (January 2026 vs January 2025, domestic exports on a customs-basis, unadjusted)
Nova Scotia international goods exports were $461.8 million in January 2026, a decline of 26.2% compared to January 2025.
Canada's goods exports were down by 18.0% compared to January 2025. All provinces reported lower exports year-over-year with Manitoba experiencing the largest decline in exports. Prince Edward Island reported the least decline in domestic exports.
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 annual domestic exports grew the most (in value terms) for metal/nonmetallic minerals. The largest decline was among shipments of farm/fishing/intermediate food products.
Although energy products reported the largest percentage decrease in January 2026 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 January, Nova Scotia exports to the United States were down 22.4% over one year, falling to $332.6 million.
China is Nova Scotia's second largest export destination and exports declined 68.1% to $28.7 million in January 2026.
Among the other significant export destinations, annual exports were up most sharply (>20%) to South Korea, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, Norway, Switzerland, and Peru. The largest declines (<-20%) in January exports were to the US, China, Spain, Australia, Italy, Mexico, Türkiye, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia.
Nova Scotia's exports to the US accounted for 72.0% of exports in January 2026. Massachusetts, Illinois and South Carolina each had a larger export value than Nova Scotia's shipments to China in January 2026. Exports were down for all of Nova Scotia's top ten US state destinations, with the exception of Illinois. The largest dollar value decline was for 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)
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