Trade export data from Statistics Canada show Saskatchewan exports to the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands increased overall in 2023.
Uranium was the main driver of those exports – 87.3 per cent of Saskatchewan uranium went to the Netherlands, 70.8 per cent to the U.K., and 47.3 per cent to France. The province says another 25 per cent of uranium ore and concentrates went to France.
In dollar terms, Saskatchewan exported about $220.5-million of goods to France last year, $557.2-million to the U.K., and $414.1 million to the Netherlands, all increases from 2022.
There was growth in agri-food exports to those countries as well. Last year France received a total of $24.2 million worth of lentils from the province; the Netherlands got $7.9-million worth of mustard seeds; and the U.K. got around $96.5 million worth of non-durum wheat. Other exports to these countries included chickpeas, canola seed, flaxseed and potash.