The Saskatchewan government says exports to the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands totalled nearly 1.2 billion dollars in 2023.

Leading the way was uranium which accounted for about 87 per cent of exports to the Netherlands, almost 71 per cent to the U.K. and just over 47 per cent to France.

Provincial trade and export development minister Jeremy Harrison says work to set up trade offices in Europe has been paying off.

The province says Saskatchewan’s agri-food export sector also saw strong growth to these countries with Saskatchewan becoming France’s largest supplier of lentils as well as being a top supplier of mustard seed to the Netherlands and in the Saskatchewan exported around $96.5 million worth of non-durum wheat, an increase of 5.3 per cent from 2022. Other top exports to these countries included chickpeas, canola seed, flaxseed and potash.