Big increase in beef trade between Canada and the European Union in 2018
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada numbers show a big increase in beef trade last year between Canada and the European Union.
Last year Canada exported 1,059 metric tonnes of beef to the E-U valued at 15.5 million dollars.
That is a 113 per cent increase in volume and 98 per cent increase in value compared with 2017.
At the same time European beef exports to Canada in 2018 grew to 3,236 metric tonnes, up 12 per cent.