Pakistan is back buying large volumes of Canadian canola after a long hiatus.
“We were basically shut out of the market from 2023 to 2025 while Pakistan was making changes to its import requirements for genetically modified crops,” said Chris Davison, president of the Canola Council of Canada.
It took until late 2025 to update the country’s regulatory framework and get all the government approvals in place.
Trade has now resumed, with the country purchasing 506,656 tonnes of Canadian canola during the first six months of 2026.
That is up from 165,128 tonnes in 2025 and nothing in 2024 and 2023.
Pakistan has been Canada’s fifth largest canola customer so far in 2026, ranking behind China, the European Union, Japan and Mexico.
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