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Table 6
Exports of wheat, durum and wheat flour, by country of final destination

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Exports of wheat, durum and wheat flour, by country of final destination: Part 1
  Average  2003/2004 to  2007/2008 Total August to April April 2010 p
2007/2008  2008/2009 r 2008/2009 r 2009/2010 p
  thousands of metric tonnes
Wheat (excluding durum)  
United Kingdom 386.2 500.1 412.6 312.9 271.3 27.0
Italy 296.7 261.2 268.5 216.5 187.6 25.8
Spain 142.7 71.2 153.2 89.5 93.2 0.0
Western Europe total 1 1,005.0 936.6 911.2 683.8 609.1 64.7
Eastern Europe total 1 56.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
United Arab Emirates 149.8 215.3 274.9 228.9 228.1 22.3
Egypt 168.2 91.0 250.2 189.0 63.0 0.0
Iran 178.2 101 1,791.2 1,281.7 0.0 0.0
Iraq 281.0 464.0 710.0 558.1 663.1 52.5
Sudan 303.6 569.7 340.3 305.0 248.3 0.0
Middle East total 1 1,191.7 1,506.7 4,309.5 3,162.7 1,822.0 74.8
Ghana 98.6 17.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Africa total 1 726.3 677.2 833.7 587.9 619.7 134.2
Bangladesh 188.6 352.6 595.3 438.6 819.6 34.2
India 273.1 314.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Indonesia 1,045.8 1,296.7 898.1 668.8 614.8 91.1
Japan 983.8 945.8 805.3 590.5 536.3 68.5
Malaysia 185.7 335.4 153.8 136.2 68.3 1.2
People's Republic of China 829.2 0.0 36.8 0.0 196.6 57.8
Philippines 355.8 294.5 213.8 101.3 329.8 56.0
Korea, South 353.2 117.4 156.6 97.1 280.6 117.2
Sri Lanka 598.5 723.9 713.8 500.1 611.9 0.0
Thailand 154.2 153.4 76.3 34.8 135.8 0.0
Vietnam 221.9 193.7 26.3 26.3 0.0 0.0
Asia total 1 5,314.2 5,031.2 3,960.1 2,855.2 3,635.2 436.6
Oceania total 1 27.2 20.1 7.0 6.0 2.0 0.0
Brazil 83.7 476.5 143.0 0.0 194.4 0.0
Colombia 355.6 303.0 353.4 239.5 364.8 40.9
Ecuador 286.1 263.8 272.7 195.0 273.0 54.7
Peru 348.1 270.3 336.3 218.0 492.0 123.1
Venezuela 293.3 218.4 505.8 381.2 409.1 33.0
South America total 1 1,546.2 1,706.3 1,923.5 1,302.0 1,890.4 297.2
Mexico 854.9 487.8 763.8 563.8 652.4 95.6
Central America and Antilles total 1 1,205.9 969.0 997.8 636.4 865.6 131.6
United States 1,278.4 1,634.9 1,870.3 1,489.6 1,197.3 138.8
North America total 1 1,278.4 1,634.9 1,870.3 1,489.6 1,197.3 138.8
Wheat exports total 12,351.8 12,481.8 14,813.0 10,723.5 10,641.3 1,277.9
Durum wheat  
Belgium 251.1 308.0 283.0 121.7 64.0 5.4
Italy 565.1 300.9 482.3 332.8 431.5 0.0
Western Europe total 1 1,013.6 680.7 900.3 556.3 651.1 116.6
Eastern Europe total 1 14.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Middle East total 1 107.2 21.7 95.2 85.0 21.7 0.0
Algeria 506.0 763.5 633.0 531.9 291.9 116.8
Morocco 502.8 622.2 522.2 375.2 356.4 44.9
Tunisia 74.3 10.5 231.0 205.1 122.7 0.0
Africa total 1 1,087.8 1,396.3 1,386.2 1,112.3 770.9 161.7
India 39.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Japan 222.6 230.3 188.1 155.1 169.5 27.2
Asia total 1 414.6 235.8 207.7 163.7 367.5 29.9
Oceania total 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Venezuela 355.4 207.7 309.4 247.4 218.6 18.8
South America total 1 498.6 288.9 393.8 311.1 281.0 18.8
Central America and Antilles total 1 93.7 28.3 29.4 8.4 27.5 0.0
North America total 1 437.8 476.7 590.1 466.2 370.6 43.4
Durum wheat exports, total 3,667.9 3,128.5 3,602.7 2,703.0 2,490.3 370.3
All wheat  
Total exports 16,019.7 15,610.3 18,415.7 13,426.5 13,131.6 1,648.2
Exports of wheat, durum and wheat flour, by country of final destination: Part 2
  Average  2003/2004 to  2007/2008 Total August to April April 2010 p
2007/2008  2008/2009 r 2008/2009 r 2009/2010 p
  thousands of metric tonnes
Wheat flour 2  
Western Europe total 1 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.7 0.2
Eastern Europe total 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lebanon 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0
Jordan 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0
Middle East total 1 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.0
Africa total 1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Hong Kong 10.4 6.3 2.9 2.3 2.9 0.4
Japan 3.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.2
People's Republic of China 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0
Korea, South 28.1 44.6 27.4 17.6 34.9 1.0
Asia total 1 43.8 52.3 30.6 20.2 38.6 1.5
Oceania total 1 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.1
South America total 1 2.0 2.5 2.2 1.6 0.0 0.0
Bahamas 5.0 4.6 4.3 3.3 3.0 0.3
Bermuda 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.1 1.1 0.1
Central America and Antilles total 1 9.9 9.5 8.4 6.7 5.8 0.5
North America total 1 225.0 178.4 146.7 111.6 121.7 14.2
Wheat flour exports total 284.0 246.3 191.1 142.7 169.0 16.7
All wheat and wheat flour  
United Kingdom 392.8 500.1 412.6 313.0 271.3 27.0
Italy 861.8 562.1 750.8 549.4 619.1 109.5
Western Europe total 1 2,020.3 1,619.0 1,813.1 1,241.5 1,261.8 181.5
Eastern Europe total 1 71.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Middle East total 1 1,299.7 1,529.3 4,405.5 3,248.3 1,843.9 74.9
Algeria 567.4 763.5 633.0 531.9 291.9 116.8
Africa total 1 1,814.6 2,073.5 2,220.0 1,700.2 1,390.7 295.8
People's Republic of China 834.7 0.3 898.4 669.0 196.8 57.8
Asia total 1 5,772.6 5,319.3 4,198.4 3,039.1 4,041.3 468.0
Oceania total 1 27.8 21.0 7.8 6.5 2.9 0.1
Brazil 163.3 478.9 149.5 6.0 196.6 0.0
South America total 1 2,046.8 1,997.7 2,319.4 1,614.8 2,171.4 315.9
Cuba 112.6 203.7 147.2 32.4 78.8 27.0
Central America and Antilles total 1 1,309.5 1,006.8 1,035.6 651.4 898.9 132.2
North America total 1 1,941.1 2,290.0 2,607.1 2,067.4 1,689.6 196.5
All wheat and wheat flour exports, total 16,303.7 15,856.6 18,606.8 13,569.2 13,300.6 1,664.9
Millfeeds  
Total millfeeds produced 780 748 707 529 544 58
Millfeeds exported 29 95 133 131 79 1
Exports to individual countries are included in the continental totals.
Includes durum semolina and flour, white winter wheat flour and wheat flour, n.e.s. (in grain equivalent = 1.358467).
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, International Trade Division and Canadian Grain Commission.