Canadian Pork Exports

Canada has a long history of pork exports. The industry is served by a mature and committed export infrastructure, which includes trading houses, transportation and many other service components. Pork is a major Canadian agri-food export. Export markets account for over 50% of the Canadian hog production, which totaled 28,2 million hogs in 2008.

Our products are currently exported to over 143 countries. Only the European Union and the United States are exporting more pork products and by-products than Canada.

	CANADIAN PORK EXPORTS BY PRODUCT 1998-2010 (Cdn $'000)
	Fresh/Chilled/Frozen	Processed	Offal	Fat	Total
1998	815,426	215,293	66,682	21,336	1,118,737
1999	997,256	245,501	53,772	19,007	1,315,536
2000	1,381,459	317,152	73,582	29,084	1,801,277
2001	1,739,685	319,790	118,691	35,071	2,213,237
2002	1,714,393	332,461	113,535	25,945	2,186,334
2003	1,791,505	407,250	111,491	30,407	2,340,653
2004	2,077,201	394,528	134,477	48,255	2,654,461
2005	2,312,563	307,577	161,589	60,639	2,842,368
2006	2,051,982	276,910	146,354	62,639	2,535,885
2007	1,920,045	260,584	152,196	58,199	2,391,024
2008	2,182,115	252,027	209,510	92,334	2,735,986
2009	2,078,318	239,189	202,241	82,393	2,602,141
2010	2,290,449	215,685	193,527	68,603	2,768,086

	CANADIAN PORK EXPORTS BY PRODUCT 1998-2010(tonnes)
	Fresh/Chilled/Frozen	Processed	Offal	Fat	Total
1998	289,419	57,276	59,777	26,551	433,023
1999	370,489	66,266	58,630	24,202	519,587
2000	440,109	76,553	85,609	34,375	636,646
2001	499,434	71,033	114,046	34,190	718,703
2002	596,148	80,496	116,552	34,182	827,378
2003	663,898	98,982	126,068	35,397	924,345
2004	672,453	88,720	125,693	44,421	931,287
2005	773,445	72,536	135,024	49,541	1,030,546
2006	776,657	67,620	131,468	62,223	1,037,968
2007	737,708	69,770	129,172	60,392	997,042
2008	812,189	68,457	150,508	63,390	1,094,500
2009	811,057	63,954	138,266	62,037	1,075,314
2010	843,274	55,419	143,280	55,730	1,097,676

	CANADIAN PORK EXPORTS BY PRODUCT/COUNTRY 2010 (Cdn $'000)
	Fresh/Frozen/ Chilled	Processed	Offal	Fat	Total
United States	745,579	176,164	19,655	9,558	950,956
Japan	809,288	1,449	12,588	28,918	852,243
Russia	171,740	1,092	8,140	4,418	185,390
Australia	116,380	0	986	1,611	118,977
Mexico	75,953	3,487	13,623	11,676	104,739
South Korea	83,824	65	13,161	2,390	99,440
Hong Kong	29,947	1,490	51,359	895	83,691
China	36,152	1,388	30,041	387	67,968
Philippines	50,098	855	9,290	2,144	62,387
Taiwan	38,720	250	16,752	528	56,250
Caricom	11,313	7,931	4,954	1,660	25,858
New Zealand	22,222	774	1,268	812	25,076
Asia/Pacific-other	15,977	4,766	2,887	513	24,143
Central America-other	14,259	5,546	2,647	732	23,184
Europe-other	17,521	537	1,207	80	19,345
Chile	11,578	5,054	224	460	17,316
Singapore	10,896	1,454	1,069	155	13,574
South Africa	10,139	131	1,854	373	12,497
South America-other	7,318	881	1,681	29	9,909
EU-27	6,609	1,296	7	1	7,913
Africa-other	3,331	136	22	676	4,165
Caribbean-other	1,427	939	112	587	3,065

	CANADIAN PORK EXPORTS BY PRODUCT/COUNTRY 2010 (tonnes)
	Fresh/Frozen/Chilled	Processed	Offal	Fat	Total
United States	267,401	40,393	20,023	8,294	336,111
Japan	199,493	310	6,087	19,187	225,077
Russia	76,089	498	6,967	3,578	87,132
Mexico	46,207	1,097	12,421	12,579	72,304
Hong Kong	24,028	616	34,588	737	59,969
South Korea	43,083	23	10,162	1,895	55,163
China	29,980	438	18,990	415	49,823
Philippines	36,782	629	9,046	2,461	48,918
Australia	38,894	0	609	1,417	40,920
Taiwan	20,797	72	10,362	554	31,785
Asia/Pacific-other	8,119	2,825	1,413	559	12,916
Caricom	5,293	2,874	3,571	728	12,466
Central America-other	6,752	2,251	2,660	638	12,301
New Zealand	8,137	248	666	602	9,653
South Africa	5,698	76	2,811	354	8,939
Europe-other	7,914	111	677	31	8,733
Chile	4,349	1,615	150	490	6,604
South America-other	4,088	317	1,400	26	5,831
Singapore	4,823	286	557	121	5,787
EU-27	2,667	374	3	0	3,044
Africa-other	2,043	38	10	572	2,663
Caribbean-other	610	328	107	492	1,537