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It is interesting to read the discussion from the US side of the border. The announcement of 25% tariffs is big news in Canada. We export upwards of $600Billion to the US every year. This will have a large effect in Canada and ripple effects on prices in the US.
Lots of data is being reported in the last few days. Here is some of it that may be of interest
Top U.S. imports from Canada in 2023
Value in U.S. dollars.
Oil and gas $103.22B
Transportation equipment $73.44B
Primary metals for manufacturing $35.53B
Chemicals $30.68B
Food products $29.72B
Machinery $22B
Petroleum and coal products $15.82B
Wood products $11.28B
Plastics and rubber products $10.38B
Paper $9.29B
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the agency has seized 43 lbs of fentanyl at the Canada-U.S. border in the last year, excluding October, compared to 21,148 lbs at its southern border with Mexico in the same time period. (The total from Canada is less than one day's worth.)
According to CBP (Canada Border Patrol), in the last year, but excluding October, there were 23,721 encounters at the Canada-U.S. border. At the U.S. southern border with Mexico, there were more than 1.5 million. (People do come to Canada, on a student visa for example, with the plan to cross the border into the US. I personally believe the interest in doing this will sharply decrease in the coming months.)
There are border issues for sure, but they are far different in Canada vs Mexico. Canada is working on the issues. The Canada/US border is 5,525 miles long. Canada's population is only 40M people so we are spread pretty thin across the country!.
We believe that we are pretty good allies and the free trade agreement means that goods and services cross the border easily and this works to the benefit of both countries. These proposed tariffs go against the rules of the free trade agreement.
Tractor attachments from Canada will be affected. HLA, Woodland Mills, etc.
Signed, your neighbor.![]()
I'm a big fan of HLA attachments.
Good solid farm grade.
Think I have like 4 HLA attachments