Imports into Canada from China in Q2 2026: data brief
Imports into Canada from China were US$16.12bn in Q2 2026, down 7.3% (US$1.26bn) on Q2 2025.
Top 3 rising headings
- Electric generating sets and rotary converters (HS 8502): US$105m, up 322.1% from US$25m
- Electric motors and generators (HS 8503): US$88m, up 276.8% from US$23m
- Motor cars and other motor vehicles (HS 8703): US$367m, up 157.0% from US$143m
Top 3 falling headings
- Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined (HS 2934): US$21m, down 79.0% from US$99m
- Video game consoles and machines, articles for funfair, table or… (HS 9504): US$70m, down 73.5% from US$265m
- Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote… (HS 8526): US$11m, down 62.3% from US$30m
Headings (HS4) worth at least US$10m in both quarters.
Among these six headings, value per kg runs from US$9.71 for Electric generating sets and rotary converters to US$51.06 for Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined. Why US$ per kg matters →
Cite as: Cambridge China Bridge, "China–Canada Trade Pulse", Q2 2026, https://camchinabridge.co.uk/china-trade-pulse/canada/briefs/2026-q2/. Source: UN Comtrade Database; quarterly totals, changes and value per kg calculated by Cambridge China Bridge. Open data:https://github.com/bonoxu/camchinabridge-open-data
The full China–Canada Trade Pulse: every chapter, the largest movers and each quarter since 2019 →
Method and sources
- Source: United Nations, UN Comtrade Database, monthly commodity trade (HS): reporter Canada, partner China, imports, through the UN Comtrade API. Totals across all customs procedures and transport modes.
- Values are UN Comtrade's primary value for imports, in US dollars as UN Comtrade publishes them (converted from the reporter's own currency by the United Nations). Quarterly totals, changes on a year earlier, rankings and value per kg are calculated by Cambridge China Bridge from the monthly figures. Chapters 98 and 99, reserved for national use, are excluded.
- Value per kg divides value by net weight, summed from the six-digit subheadings that carry a weight. It is shown only where those subheadings carry at least 90% of the line's value; some countries report few weights, so their pages show more dashes.
- Countries report to UN Comtrade some weeks or months after each month ends and may revise their figures; the page is rebuilt monthly and always shows the latest figures published.
Source: United Nations, UN Comtrade Database (cited as "UN Comtrade"). The figures on this page are quarterly totals, changes and rankings calculated from UN Comtrade's monthly data by Cambridge China Bridge; they are not endorsed by the United Nations. Journalists and researchers may quote them with a link to this page.