{"id":"canada-quebec-trade-august-2026-20261021","canonicalSlug":"canada-quebec-trade-august-2026-20261021","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/canada-quebec-trade-august-2026-20261021","language":"en","title":"Québec exports slip 0.9% in August as product mix shifts","summary":"Real, seasonally adjusted exports fell month to month; eight-month destination figures use a separate current-dollar basis.","body":["Québec’s seasonally adjusted merchandise exports, measured in constant 2017 dollars, fell 0.9% in August 2026 from July, after rising 7.7% the month before, the provincial statistics institute reported on 21 October. Exports of iron ores and concentrates declined 10.1% during the month, while heavy fuel oil rose 134.4%, diesel and biodiesel 104.8%, and unwrought copper and copper alloys 39.9%.","For January–August, exports were 2.7% below the same period of 2025 on the institute’s real, seasonally adjusted measure. On a different basis—current dollars, not seasonally adjusted—shipments to the United States declined 3.5% over those eight months while exports to other countries increased 15.5%; total exports on that basis rose 2.0%. The release warns that recent import data are partial and may be revised, so its import comparisons should be treated cautiously."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Québec exports slip 0.9% in August as product mix shifts\n\nReal, seasonally adjusted exports fell month to month; eight-month destination figures use a separate current-dollar basis.\n\nQuébec’s seasonally adjusted merchandise exports, measured in constant 2017 dollars, fell 0.9% in August 2026 from July, after rising 7.7% the month before, the provincial statistics institute reported on 21 October. Exports of iron ores and concentrates declined 10.1% during the month, while heavy fuel oil rose 134.4%, diesel and biodiesel 104.8%, and unwrought copper and copper alloys 39.9%.\n\nFor January–August, exports were 2.7% below the same period of 2025 on the institute’s real, seasonally adjusted measure. On a different basis—current dollars, not seasonally adjusted—shipments to the United States declined 3.5% over those eight months while exports to other countries increased 15.5%; total exports on that basis rose 2.0%. The release warns that recent import data are partial and may be revised, so its import comparisons should be treated cautiously.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["statistics","oil","metals","non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-08","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T12:24:35Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-22T12:24:35Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-22T12:16:42Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-21","translatedAt":"2026-10-22T12:12:19Z","sources":[{"url":"https://statistique.quebec.ca/fr/communique/baisse-0-virgule-9-pourcent-exportations-internationales-marchandises-aout-2026","name":"Institut de la statistique du Québec","checkedAt":"2026-10-22","attribution":"Original factual summary based on the cited release; source publication date verified.","publishedAt":"2026-10-21"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/canada-quebec-trade-august-2026-20261021","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/canada-quebec-trade-august-2026-20261021","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/canada-quebec-trade-august-2026-20261021","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/canada-quebec-trade-august-2026-20261021","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/canada-quebec-trade-august-2026-20261021","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/canada-quebec-trade-august-2026-20261021","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/canada-quebec-trade-august-2026-20261021"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"CA","subdivisionCode":"CA-QC"}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":{"to":"2026-08","from":"2026-08","precision":"month"}}}