Saskatchewan’s canola has long found a home in two major markets abroad: China and the United States, with more than 83 per cent of the province’s total canola exports going to those markets last year, according to data from the Canola Council of Canada.
However, with punishing tariffs from China effectively closing the market to Canadian producers, plus trade uncertainty with the United States, the provincial government is looking to diversify export markets for canola.
“We’ve got a pretty short rope here, I think, to start seeing some actions to support our canola growers here in the province,” Warren Kaeding, Saskatchewan’s minister of trade and export development, said in an interview.
According to Statistics Canada data, Saskatchewan’s exports to China have dropped dramatically ever since China
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