Canada-EU Merchandise Trade Performance Analysis After CETA

Over 8 percent of Canada's merchandise exports and nearly 13 percent of its imports were with the EU in 2019. This dataset from Global Affairs Canada analyzes Canada's merchandise trade performance in the two years following the provisional entry into force of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) on September 21, 2017. It compares trade before and after CETA and examines products affected by tariff concessions.

Use Cases

• Analyze changes in bilateral trade flows based on historical comparisons before and after CETA implementation
• Compare trade performance for products directly benefiting from CETA concessions versus duty-free products
• Assess the utilization of CETA preferences based on import statistics from Statistics Canada and Eurostat

Strengths

• Analysis is based on official trade data from Statistics Canada and Eurostat.
• Report provides a structured three-part analysis covering trade performance, tariff concessions, and preference utilization.
• Explicitly defines the scope as the two years since CETA's provisional implementation in September 2017.

Limitations

• The report cautions that the analysis should not be considered a causal effect of CETA due to the short time series and lack of advanced econometric controls.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada

Collection Method

Analysis of merchandise trade data from Statistics Canada and Eurostat.

Time Range

Focuses on the two years following CETA's provisional entry into force on September 21, 2017, with historical comparisons.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-25 14:31:36.780376; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada and the European Union (27 members and the United Kingdom).