Canada Granted 77% of Military Export Applications Last Year
Canada granted the vast majority of license applications to export military goods during the 2022 calendar year, approving about 77% of the 4,747 applications it received, the country said this month. In its annual report on military exports, Canada said it approved 3,656 applications, denied 15, returned-without-action 249, saw 339 withdrawn, and canceled or suspended 22. Four-hundred and sixty-six of them remain under review.
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The country also said it exported about $2.122 billion worth of controlled military goods to non-U.S. countries last year, a drop from the $2.731 billion worth of exports in 2021. Most of the exports by value were ground vehicles and their components at $1.3 billion, accounting for about 60% of the value of all controlled military exports in 2022.
The statistics were released by Canada alongside an updated guide to its export control list and an annual report to Parliament on the administration of Canada’s Export and Import Permits Act. The updated guide includes mentions of new export controls put in place in 2022, including restrictions on rim-drive propulsion systems, certain technology for gas turbine engines designed for supersonic aircraft and certain human and animal pathogens and toxins. The guide also deleted a control for the cholera toxin.
Its annual report on its Export and Import Permits Act outlines each of the trade controls administered by Canada last year, judicial reviews involving the controls, various statistics and information on “non-strategic exports,” such as softwood lumber, dairy, and agricultural goods. The report also summarizes various policy reviews of its export and import controls conducted during 2022.