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Chart of the week
November 15, 2024
Chart of the Week: Alberta’s agri-food exports to the U.S.
Although oil and natural gas (including refined petroleum products like gasoline) account for the majority of Alberta’s merchandise exports to the U.S. (81.5% in 2023), they are not the only products we ship south of the border. Food is second on the list at 5.6% last year (just slightly ahead of chemicals). That works out to about $8.8 billion in export revenue.
Cattle and meat products accounted for a little over half of Alberta’s agri-food exports to the U.S. last year. Wheat, canola, barley and products made from them such as flour, canola oil and malt are the second largest category at 34% of the total. Frozen food (including a lot of frozen potato products) rounds out the top three at 8%.
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