Sure. Certainly, Canadian farmers and processors have proven that they can grow it and process it as well as anybody in the world, if not better. We have some tremendous products that we do export. On average, we export 50% of what we produce. In some instances, like canola, we export between 85% and 90% of what we produce, so it depends on the sector and the region of the country as to where that market is seen.
On the international stage, I guess the best report card we've had is that our exports of agricultural products are up some 8% this year already. That's a tremendous response to the work that's been done by industry and government officials around the world. Our market access secretariat is certainly punching above its weight in a number of those situations. The trade secretariat under Agriculture Canada, and of course, backstopped by tremendous CFIA people, has been able to re-invigorate and rejuvenate some of those markets that had either closed or gone stagnant with regard to Canadian product.
Without exception, on first blush, in the first run of countries that we identified, working with industry, one of the first lines we always got from the agriculture or trade people was: where have you been? The Australians are very aggressive traders. The Brazilians are stepping up. The U.S., of course, is always there trying to dominate a market, and good for them, and even Europe is in certain sectors.They were quite surprised that Canada had not been there. There was almost a decade where Canada had gone quiet. We're happy to get out there and do that. We've had a tremendous response. As I said, it's up 8% this year alone.
The international markets are a tough nut to crack, but once you get that foot in the door and industry has the ability to prove what it can do and get that good Canadian product on the shelf, we know we can succeed. There's a tremendous and growing respect for Canadian products around the world, for the safety of those products, and for the sustainability to supply those markets even in tough weather conditions like we saw this year--we're still able to do that with the quality of product. There are some marketing lessons to be learned. We have to do more. We have to attend more international food shows. We have to be there showcasing what we have so that people know and can buy it.
Domestically for products, it has always been a bit of a thorn, but the provinces have stepped up. Of course, everyone identifies Alberta beef, Ontario pork, and the different areas that really work hard on market branding and selling that product. As it turns out, you can sell a piece of beef to Montana easier than you can sell it to Saskatchewan from Alberta. It's ridiculous in the extreme. There is a rejuvenated recognition of that. The provincial and territorial premiers signed a new agreement on internal trade, and we're moving forward, I hope, to some good positive results in moving that product east to west as easily as we move it north to south and outside the country.
On interprovincial trade of wine, as you said, it's based on an antiquated situation going back to 1928. Certainly, our wines and spirits have improved a lot since then. Some of them have aged that long waiting to go across borders.