Monthly Canadian merchandise-trade commodity-mix intelligence (Statistics Canada table 12-10-0099-01, customs basis): total exports, domestic exports and total imports by Harmonized System section (21 sections I..XXI), Canada-level, in thousands of Canadian dollars. Per section-month: export/import shares of the monthly totals, the customs-basis trade balance (domestic exports minus total imports), year-over-year momentum (the series are not seasonally adjusted), trailing-12-month record-high export flags, and surge/slump flags at +/-15% YoY export growth. Per month: the export-mix Herfindahl-Hirschman index, a documented 0-100 export-diversification score (100 = fully diversified), and the top export/import sections. Trailing 36 complete months. Additive identity gates hold every month (sum of sections I..XXI equals the published total within rounding); suppressed cells stay null, never zero-filled. Statistics Canada Open Licence (commercial reuse allowed); source: Statistics Canada.

Source: Statistics Canada commodity trade-mix intelligence
Rows: 756
Columns: 26
Source cadence: Monthly
Last refreshed: Sep 26, 2026
Theme: economy

Column	Type	Description
month	string	Reference month, first day of month (ISO date).
as_of	string	Last complete month in the snapshot (pinned for idempotent re-runs).
country_code	string	ISO alpha-3 country code (CAN for all rows).
hs_section	string	Harmonized System section code (I..XXI).
hs_name	string	Short human label of the HS section.
total_exports_kcad	float	Total exports, customs basis (includes re-exports). (unit: thousand CAD)
domestic_exports_kcad	float	Domestic exports, customs basis (excludes re-exports). (unit: thousand CAD)
total_imports_kcad	float	Total imports, customs basis. (unit: thousand CAD)
trade_balance_kcad	float	Domestic exports minus total imports; positive = surplus. (unit: thousand CAD)
export_share_pct	float	Section share of monthly total exports. (unit: percent)
import_share_pct	float	Section share of monthly total imports. (unit: percent)
yoy_total_exports_pct	float	Year-over-year percent change of the section's total exports (not seasonally adjusted). (unit: percent)
yoy_total_imports_pct	float	Year-over-year percent change of the section's total imports (not seasonally adjusted). (unit: percent)
yoy_balance_change_kcad	float	Year-over-year change of the section's trade balance. (unit: thousand CAD)
export_share_rank	string	Per-month export-share rank across the 21 sections (1 = largest); deterministic tie-break on section code. Null when the share is null.
top3_exporter	boolean	True when in the month's top 3 by export share.
record_high_12m_export	boolean	True when exports are the trailing-12m maximum.
surge_flag	boolean	True when YoY total-export growth >= 15%.
slump_flag	boolean	True when YoY total-export growth <= -15%.
export_hhi	float	Per-month Herfindahl-Hirschman index of the 21 sections' total-export shares (0 = perfectly diversified, 1 = one section dominates).
diversification_score	float	0-100 export-diversification score: 100*(1 - (HHI - 1/21)/(1 - 1/21)). 100 = perfectly diversified mix; 0 = single-section dominance. (unit: score)
diversification_tier	string	d1 diversified (>=70) / d2 balanced (>=45) / d3 lopsided (>=20) / d4 concentrated (<20).
top_export_section	string	HS section with the largest export share that month.
top_import_section	string	HS section with the largest import share that month.
row_hash	string	SHA-256 (truncated) of the row's content fields.
source_retrieved	string	Source data vintage: latest reference month present in the retrieved vectors (content-pinned so identical re-fetches hash identically).

First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.

month	as_of	country_code	hs_section	hs_name	total_exports_kcad	domestic_exports_kcad	total_imports_kcad	trade_balance_kcad	export_share_pct	import_share_pct	yoy_total_exports_pct	yoy_total_imports_pct	yoy_balance_change_kcad	export_share_rank	top3_exporter	record_high_12m_export	surge_flag	slump_flag	export_hhi	diversification_score	diversification_tier	top_export_section	top_import_section	row_hash	source_retrieved
2023-08-01	2026-07-01	CAN	V	Mineral products	15,837,588	15,815,126	4,348,399	11,466,727	30.672	12.963	-24.006	-7.722	-4,653,737	1	true	false	false	true	0.144	89.88	d1	V	XVII	8cb0277eebda2e78	2026-07-01
2023-08-01	2026-07-01	CAN	XVII	Vehicles, aircraft, vessels	7,530,939	7,300,418	7,418,047	-117,629	14.585	22.114	34.624	2.042	1,827,554	2	true	false	true	false	0.144	89.88	d1	V	XVII	f6351018deaf9a11	2026-07-01
2023-08-01	2026-07-01	CAN	XVI	Machinery and electrical equipment	5,071,961	4,379,200	6,593,712	-2,214,512	9.823	19.656	13.718	17.535	-424,332	3	true	false	false	false	0.144	89.88	d1	V	XVII	94550ff7664df4f4	2026-07-01
2023-08-01	2026-07-01	CAN	XV	Base metals and articles of base metal	3,871,845	3,722,344	2,226,633	1,495,711	7.498	6.638	-6.524	5.727	-378,545	4	false	false	false	false	0.144	89.88	d1	V	XVII	fdb808c7018ee6d8	2026-07-01
2023-08-01	2026-07-01	CAN	VI	Chemical products	3,000,467	2,863,471	2,891,982	-28,511	5.811	8.621	-6.319	-7.784	51,946	5	false	false	false	false	0.144	89.88	d1	V	XVII	e3eb36733c03c593	2026-07-01
2023-08-01	2026-07-01	CAN	IV	Prepared foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco	2,318,128	2,263,115	1,916,452	346,663	4.489	5.713	14.165	5.711	173,339	6	false	false	false	false	0.144	89.88	d1	V	XVII	4f4bc3392870fcf5	2026-07-01
2023-08-01	2026-07-01	CAN	XIV	Pearls, precious stones and metals	2,197,831	1,764,465	615,051	1,149,414	4.256	1.834	258.632	7.313	1,159,820	7	false	true	true	false	0.144	89.88	d1	V	XVII	57173cac1b02e792	2026-07-01
2023-08-01	2026-07-01	CAN	XXI	Works of art and antiques	2,137,765	515,415	1,130,670	-615,255	4.14	3.371	3.456	-4.383	185,958	8	false	false	false	false	0.144	89.88	d1	V	XVII	83835e9223083fec	2026-07-01
2023-08-01	2026-07-01	CAN	VII	Plastics and rubber	2,035,842	1,952,766	1,949,657	3,109	3.943	5.812	-0.318	-5.047	94,274	9	false	false	false	false	0.144	89.88	d1	V	XVII	f6ebc7ae0aa75500	2026-07-01
2023-08-01	2026-07-01	CAN	IX	Wood and articles of wood	1,406,413	1,389,728	263,978	1,125,750	2.724	0.787	-19.481	-6.161	-324,938	10	false	false	false	true	0.144	89.88	d1	V	XVII	cdedceff4ef550c7	2026-07-01

Sep 26, 2026Current
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Statistics Canada commodity trade-mix intelligence. (2026). Canadian commodity trade-mix intelligence (monthly) [Data set, snapshot 20260926T211737Z-94a8333d0a80, sha256 94a8333d0a80]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-09-26, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/statcan_hs_trade_signals/hs_trade_concentration_monthly?snapshot=20260926T211737Z-94a8333d0a80

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@misc{dz_statcan_hs_trade_signals_hs_trade_concen_94a8333d,
  title        = {{Canadian commodity trade-mix intelligence (monthly)}},
  author       = {{Statistics Canada commodity trade-mix intelligence}},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Datazimuts},
  howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/statcan_hs_trade_signals/hs_trade_concentration_monthly?snapshot=20260926T211737Z-94a8333d0a80}},
  note         = {Snapshot 20260926T211737Z-94a8333d0a80, sha256 94a8333d0a80f80eb753103a1dd1b1c41e3fdbd3def1d2b009a1e7bd61ca3fca; accessed 2026-09-26}
}

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