# Tariff threats endanger Canada’s largest canola market | The Western Producer

> Trump's proposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports would hit canola oil and meal, since the US is Canada's largest canola market by value. The Canola Council says US sales generated $8.6 billion in 2023, more than China's $5 billion.

- Date: 2025-02-12 · published 2025-02-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25991-tariff-threats-endanger-canada-s-largest-canola-market-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

US tariffs on Canadian canola oil and meal would reduce Canada's key export demand, pressuring Canadian crush margins and canola meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- CANMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2024-11-12 | [Canada Know-Risk Market Outlook \| Tariff Threats Sink Grains](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12339-canada-know-risk-market-outlook-tariff-threats-sink-grains.md) | -4.4% | -9.4% |
| SBO | 2025-01-27 | [U.S. threatening Canada’s canola oil industry - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26601-u-s-threatening-canada-s-canola-oil-industry-grainews.md) | +2.0% | +4.1% |
| SBO | 2025-02-02 | [U.S. tariffs on Canadian canola industry will have widespread, devastating impacts \| Canola Council of Canada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25995-u-s-tariffs-on-canadian-canola-industry-will-have-widespread-devastating.md) | -0.9% | +0.0% |
| SBO | 2024-03-25 | [US tariff ruling could revive biofuel feedstock trade \| Latest Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31294-us-tariff-ruling-could-revive-biofuel-feedstock-trade-latest-market-news.md) | +0.6% | -4.4% |
| SBO | 2025-03-04 | [Palm tumbles on weaker Dalian oils, Sino-US tariff war - Markets - Business Recorder](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11143-palm-tumbles-on-weaker-dalian-oils-sino-us-tariff-war-markets-business-recorder.md) | -1.2% | +5.5% |

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/wp-research/grain-markets/tariff-threats-endanger-canadas-largest-canola-market/

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