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January 08, 2026NOVA SCOTIA INTERNATIONAL GOODS EXPORTS, OCTOBER 2025 Year-over-year (October 2025 vs October 2024, domestic exports on a customs-basis, unadjusted)
Nova Scotia international goods exports were $530.7 million in October 2025, a growth of 4.1% compared to October 2024.
Canada's goods exports edged down by 0.4% compared to October 2024. Six provinces reported lower exports year-over-year with New Brunswick reporting the largest decline in domestic exports. Newfoundland and Labrador experienced the largest growth in exports.
Year-to-date (January-October 2025 vs January-October 2024)
In the first ten months of 2025 domestic exports rose up 0.4% in Nova Scotia compared to the same period in 2024. Canada's exports increased 0.2% for January-October 2025, despite six provinces reporting declines. Manitoba and New Brunswick reported the steepest year-to-date export decline, while Ontario reported the largest growth in year-to-date 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 year-to-date domestic exports grew the most (in value terms) for motor vehicles/parts. The largest decline was 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 ten months of 2025, Nova Scotia exports to the United States edged up 0.3% over same period in 2024, rising to $3,885.2 million.
China is Nova Scotia's second largest export destination and exports declined 24.5% to $444.8 million in January-October 2025.
Among the other significant export destinations, year-to-date exports were up most sharply (>20%) to France, Hong Kong, Germany, Spain, Italy, Mexico and Saudi Arabia. The largest declines (<-20%) in year-to-date exports were to China, India, Switzerland and Brazil.
Nova Scotia's exports to the US accounted for 69.5% of exports in January-October 2025. Massachusetts and Illinois each had a larger export value than Nova Scotia's shipments to China in the first ten months of 2025. Exports were up for six of Nova Scotia's top ten US state destinations; exports were down to Texas, Maine, New York and California. The largest dollar value increases were for Illinois and South Carolina.
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)