Canada collected $3.6-billion in import tariffs during the second quarter, $2.1-billion more than it did a year ago.

Canada collected $2.1-billion more in import duties during the second quarter than it did a year ago, new numbers released Friday show, just as Ottawa prepares to lift most of its counter-tariffs on U.S. goods in an effort to reach a trade deal.

The federal government collected $3.6-billion in import duties in the quarter, up 142 per cent from $1.4-billion the year before, according to Statistics Canada.

The tariff income accounted for 2.8 per cent of all federal revenue in the quarter, the highest level since 1994, on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney said starting Sept. 1, all U.S. goods that comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada

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