Canadian Maple Products Situation and Trends 2006-2007

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**Table 1 - Maple Farms and Taps in Canada, 1981-2006**
Province	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	% Change
% Change from 2001 to 2006 Statistics Canada (Census of Agriculture)
Number of Taps ('000)
Canada	16,945	15,699	18,297	23,027	33,680	38,076	13%
Quebec	X	14,411	X	20,676	30,695	34,676	13%
New Brunswick	X	252	X	922	1,319	1,703	29%
Ontario	X	877	X	1,127	1,305	1,312	1%
Nova Scotia	X	X	X	X	331	346	5%
Prince Edward Island	X	X	X	X	12	12	1%
Number of Farms
Canada	12,079	9,276	8,765	9,546	10,305	9,731	-6%
Quebec	X	7,419	X	6,997	7,254	7,054	-3%
New Brunswick	X	118	X	174	206	189	-8%
Ontario	X	1,649	X	2,240	2,588	2,240	-13%
Nova Scotia	X	X	X	X	128	113	-12%
Prince Edward Island	X	X	X	X	10	9	-10%
Number of Taps per Farm
Canada	1,404	1,692	2,088	2,412	3,268	3,913	20%
Quebec	X	1,554	X	2,955	4,232	4,916	16%
New Brunswick	X	2,136	X	5,300	6,402	9,008	41%
Ontario	X	532	X	503	504	586	16%
Nova Scotia	X	X	X	X	2,582	3,063	19%
Prince Edward Island	X	X	X	X	1,151	1,291	12%

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**Table 2 - Production, Value and Price of Maple Products, 1997-2006**
Province Country	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	% Change
% Change from 2005 to 2006 1. Quebec data between 1997 and 2005 come from la Table filière acéricole du Québec and 2006 data from Statistics Canada 2. Value for the United States is in US $ '000 3. Price for the United States is in US $/kg Statistics Canada and USDA-NASS
Volume (MT)
Quebec[1]	26,332	25,844	31,185	41,310	28,267	32,813	39,927	41,283	34,483	30,752	-11%
Ontario	1,370	1,054	1,395	2,230	1,334	1,376	1,310	1,310	1,310	1,310	0%
New Brunswick	625	775	607	451	475	884	956	1,052	1,238	1,527	23%
Nova Scotia	138	132	192				180	132	126	156	24%
Canada	28,465	27,805	33,379	43,991	30,076	35,073	42,373	43,777	37,157	33,745	-9%
United States	6,490	5,795	5,940	6,155	5,245	7,375	6,300	7,535	6,210	7,245	17%
Canada-US	34,955	33,600	39,319	50,146	35,321	42,448	48,673	51,312	43,367	40,990	-5%
Value (Cdn $ '000)
Quebec	123,145	136,130	140,566	156,117	136,037	156,731	188,096	204,115	173,477	154,700	-11%
Ontario	10,274	8,285	10,719	17,696	10,825	11,063	10,750	10,928	10,988	11,195	2%
New Brunswick	4,214	5,768	4,109	3,231	3,396	5,849	6,845	8,044	8,934	10,878	22%
Nova Scotia	900	918	1,333				1,395	1,068	1,054	1,171	11%
Canada	a138,533	151,101	156,727	177,044	150,258	173,643	207,086	224,155	194,453	177,944	-8%
United States[2]	35,216	32,213	32,809	33,924	32,387	40,500	35,601	42,795	37,149	45,313	22%
Value (Cdn $/kg)
Quebec	4.68	5.27	4.51	3.78	4.81	4.78	4.71	4.94	5.03	5.03	0%
Ontario	7.50	7.86	7.68	7.94	8.11	8.04	8.21	8.34	8.39	8.55	2%
New Brunswick	6.74	7.44	6.77	7.16	7.15	6.62	7.16	7.65	7.22	7.12	-1%
Nova Scotia	6.52	6.95	6.94				7.75	8.09	8.37	7.51	-10%
Canada	4.87	5.43	4.70	4.02	5.00	4.95	4.89	5.12	5.23	5.27	1%
United States[3]	5.43	5.56	5.52	5.51	6.17	5.49	5.65	5.68	5.98	6.25	5%

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**Table 3 - Producing Regions by Province, 1996-2006**
Regions	1996			2001			2006
	Taps ('000)	Farms	Taps % Province	Taps ('000)	Farms	Taps % Province	Taps ('000)	Farms	Taps % Province
Statistics Canada (Census of Agriculture)
Quebec
Abitibi-Témiscamingue	34	0	0%	87	20	0%	157	36	0.5%
Bas-St-Laurent	2,426	415	12%	5,475	602	18%	6,419	571	19%
Centre-du-Québec	2,159	796	10%	2,887	823	9%	3,153	777	9%
Chaudière-Appalaches	9,085	3,018	44%	12,074	2,942	39%	13,689	2,918	39%
Estrie	3,064	865	15%	4,708	892	15%	5,067	859	15%
Gaspésie Iles-de-la-Mad	43	21	0%	105	18	0%	158	30	0.5%
Lanaudière	588	270	3%	746	265	2%	686	244	2%
Laurentides	563	243	3%	1,047	263	3%	1,032	232	3%
Mauricie	219	129	1%	401	155	1%	427	137	1%
Montréal-Laval	12	7	0%	14	8	0%	81	17	0.2%
Montérégie	1,642	76	48%	2,023	81	87%	2,245	80	46%
Outaouais	160	122	1%	189	120	1%	273	97	1%
Québec	663	309	3%	906	307	3%	1,255	309	4%
Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean	20	23	0%	31	21	0%	34	23	0.1%
Total	20,678	6,997	100%	30,695	7,254	100%	34,676	7,054	100%
Ontario
Central	197	481	17%	270	519	21%	277	437	21%
Eastern	302	522	27%	340	572	26%	303	481	23%
Northern	85	91	8%	95	96	7%	108	100	8%
Southern	116	248	10%	136	327	10%	125	205	10%
Western	429	898	38%	464	1,074	36%	498	1,017	38%
Total	1,129	2,240	100%	1,305	2,588	100%	1,312	2,240	100%
New Brunswick
Region 1	181	59	20%	316	89	24%	420	70	25%
Region 2	12	25	1%	72	9	1%	13	32	1%
Region 3	94	42	10%	84	41	6%	91	34	5%
Region 4	634	48	69%	912	47	69%	1,179	53	69%
Total	922	174	100%	1,319	206	100%	1,703	189	100%
Nova Scotia
Region 1	X	15	X	X	21	X	2	11	1%
Region 2	15	27	5%	23	25	7%	17	25	5%
Region 3	254	608	7%	251	647	6%	288	538	3%
Region 4	4	7	1%	11	10	3%	17	12	5%
Region 5	X	9	X	X	8	X	23	12	7%
Total	292	118	100%	331	128	100%	346	113	100%
Prince Edward Island
Region 1	0	0	X	X	1	X	X	2	X
Region 2	0.1	3	X	10	5	88%	11	6	96%
Region 3	X	2	X	X	4	X	X	1	X
Total	X	5	X	12	10	100%	12	9	100%

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**Table 4 - Canadian Maple Product Exports by Province, 1997-2006**
Province	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	% Change
* Per calendar year % Change from 2005 to 2006 Statistics Canada
Value (Cdn $ '000)
Canada	104,496	113,003	110,507	105,906	128,604	153,962	147,221	154,100	165,270	190,243	15%
Quebec	93,230	101,869	100,807	93,933	104,311	126,407	124,883	143,247	155,728	183,317	18%
Ontario	8,476	7,952	6,544	8,815	16,776	20,617	15,957	7,519	5,639	3,699	-34%
New Brunswick	1,258	2,077	1,757	1,141	4,927	2,392	1,078	2,194	2,000	2,027	1%
Volume (MT)
Canada	22,813	23,295	23,952	25,463	27,711	30,250	29,920	31,097	32,537	35,964	11%
Quebec	20,248	20,919	21,758	22,453	22,359	24,816	25,334	28,789	30,532	34,458	13%
Ontario	2,012	1,796	1,617	2,313	3,612	4,018	3,244	1,607	1,225	846	-31%
New Brunswick	278	404	346	267	1,176	518	269	545	482	467	-3%
Average Price (Cdn $/kg)
Canada	4.58	4.85	4.61	4.16	4.64	5.09	4.92	4.96	5.08	5.29	4%
Quebec	4.60	4.87	4.63	4.18	4.67	5.09	4.93	4.98	5.10	5.32	4%
Ontario	4.21	4.43	4.05	3.81	4.64	5.13	4.92	4.68	4.60	4.37	-5%
New Brunswick	4.53	5.14	5.08	4.27	4.19	4.62	4.01	4.03	4.15	4.34	5%

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**Table 5 - Canadian Maple Product Exports by Country, 2002-2006**
	Value ($ Cdn '000)						Quantity (MT)
Country	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	%	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	%
% represents the percentage of the total Canadian exports by country in 2006 Statistics Canada
Total:	153,962	147,221	154,100	165,270	190,243	100%	30,250	29,920	31,097	32,537	35,964	100%
United States	117,592	113,520	112,658	119,330	137,133	72%	23,336	23,350	23,558	24,643	27,769	77%
Japan	15,295	10,072	12,967	18,414	19,026	10%	2,130	1,535	1,969	2,730	2,576	7%
Germany	7,408	7,326	9,618	8,951	11,011	6%	1,724	1,862	1,961	1,634	1,936	5%
France	2,396	3,694	3,860	3,692	5,153	3%	544	642	721	697	890	2%
United Kingdom	3,534	2,384	3,888	3,544	3,604	2%	743	460	686	649	543	2%
Australia	1,302	2,520	2,334	3,110	3,781	2%	273	443	401	552	521	1%
Denmark	1,511	1,440	1,552	1,724	2,160	1%	316	365	390	372	390	1%
Netherlands	1,508	1,977	1,926	1,251	1,663	1%	322	328	330	180	230	1%
Switzerland	1,358	1,391	1,284	1,510	1,994	1%	403	434	430	494	425	1%
Belgium	417	658	804	566	544	0%	93	88	93	70	82	0%
Korea, South	93	374	724	408	700	0%	17	80	107	74	97	0%
New Zealand	154	371	383	522	672	0%	38	84	82	98	109	0%
Taiwan	202	141	297	413	181	0%	60	25	73	67	27	0%
Sweden	205	103	201	307	410	0%	29	10	19	47	41	0%
Italy	203	244	234	191	257	0%	51	29	25	20	30	0%
Neth. Antilles	2	2	3	385	452	0%	0	0	0	56	68	0%
Austria	250	119	168	99	158	0%	63	18	26	15	23	0%
Spain	0	84	111	93	143	0%	0	14	17	15	22	0%
Ireland	134	183	126	49	19	0%	25	32	22	7	2	0%
Czech Republic	0	38	84	76	135	0%	0	6	16	14	21	0%
Israel	0	38	114	58	121	0%	0	8	22	11	26	0%
Singapore	28	27	59	122	100	0%	5	2	11	21	12	0%
Norway	72	66	75	70	84	0%	15	14	14	6	14	0%
Poland	57	36	88	53	69	0%	12	6	14	10	6	0%
Brazil	0	41	34	41	66	0%	0	6	8	9	12	0%
Hong Kong	6	24	61	35	61	0%	1	3	6	4	6	0%
Thailand	0	3	0	12	134	0%	0	0	0	1	11	0%
Iceland	0	0	38	46	47	0%	0	0	16	13	19	0%
Portugal	0	0	16	47	64	0%	0	0	2	5	7	0%
Korea, North	0	57	0	0	60	0%	0	29	0	0	10	0%
Greece	0	80	0	0	26	0%	0	13	0	0	4	0%
Cuba	8	30	55	17	3	0%	1	4	8	2	0	0%
South Africa	17	21	28	19	31	0%	4	4	5	4	5	0%
Indonesia	10	19	37	52	6	0%	1	3	6	0	4	0%
United Arab Emir.	0	20	15	17	30	0%	0	2	2	5	7	0%
Turkey	11	24	22	8	27	0%	2	6	5	2	7	0%
China, P. Rep.	14	0	18	36	24	0%	2	0	1	3	2	0%
Kuwait	19	41	6	7	22	0%	3	6	1	1	2	0%
Macedonia	0	0	43	0	32	0%	0	0	7	0	4	0%
Russia	81	0	0	0	10	0%	18	0	0	0	1	0%
Swaziland	0	0	0	0	7	0%	0	0	0	0	1	0%
Ukraine	0	0	73	0	0	0%	0	0	20	0	0	0%
Finland	41	0	43	0	0	0%	10	0	10	0	0	0%
Jamaica	0	17	22	0	0	0%	0	4	4	0	0	0%
Saudi Arabia	18	0	0	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0%
Total 45 countries	153,946	147,183	154,068	165,228	190,242	100%	30,248	29,916	31,091	32,531	35,964	100%
Other countries	15	38	32	41	1	0%	2	5	6	6	0	0%

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**Table 6 - Canadian Maple Product Exports by Region, 1997-2006**
Region	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	% Change[1]	% Change[2]
% Change [1] from 2005 to 2006 % Change [2] represents the breakdown of exports by region for 2006 Statistics Canada
Value (Cdn $ '000)
Total	104,496	113,003	110,507	105,906	128,604	153,962	147,221	154,100	165,270	190,243	15%	100%
North America	81,131	88,046	88,957	82,785	106,096	117,592	113,520	112,659	119,342	137,133	15%	72%
Europe	14,874	17,413	15,067	16,904	13,273	19,191	19,829	24,253	22,270	27,584	24%	14%
Asia / Middle East	6,632	6,091	4,852	4,325	7,2161	5,695	10,856	14,335	19,534	20,513	5%	11%
Oceania	1,847	1,341	1,513	1,775	1,876	1,456	2,891	2,717	3,632	4,454	23	%2%
Africa	12	112	118	20	28	17	21	28	20	38	90%	0.02%
Cen. Amer. / Carib.	0	0	0	0	0	9	52	80	410	455	11%	0.24%
South America	0	0	0	0	116	0	52	34	61	66	8%	0.03%
Volume (MT)
Total	22,813	23,295	23,952	25,463	27,711	30,250	29,920	31,097	32,537	35,964	11%	100%
North America	18,249	18,626	19,786	20,516	23,100	23,336	23,350	23,558	24,644	27,769	13%	77%
Europe	3,102	3,546	3,170	3,923	3,152	4,371	4,321	4,825	4,248	4,690	10%	13%
Asia / Middle East	1,240	922	728	695	1,082	2,226	1,702	2,207	2,921	2,787	-5%	8%
Oceania	220	178	245	306	350	311	527	483	650	631	-3%	2%
Africa	3	22	23	4	6	4	4	5	4	6	50%	0.02%
Cen. Amer. / Carib.	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	12	60	68	13%	0.19%
South America	0	0	0	0	21	0	7	8	12	12	0%	0.03%
Average price (Cdn $/kg)
Total	4.58	4.85	4.61	4.16	4.64	5.09	4.92	4.96	5.08	5.29	4%
North America	4.45	4.73	4.50	4.04	4.59	5.04	4.86	4.78	4.84	4.94	2%
Europe	4.79	4.91	4.75	4.31	4.21	4.39	4.59	5.03	5.24	5.88	12%
Asia / Middle East	5.35	6.61	6.66	6.22	6.67	7.05	6.38	6.50	6.69	7.36	10%
Oceania	8.40	7.53	6.18	5.80	5.36	4.68	5.49	5.63	5.59	7.06	26%
Africa	4.00	5.09	5.13	5.00	4.67	4.25	5.25	5.60	5.00	6.33	27%
Cen. Amer. / Carib.	X	X	X	X	X	9.00	5.78	6.67	6.83	6.69	-2%
South America	X	X	X	X	5.52	X	7.43	4.25	5.08	5.50	8%

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**Table 7 - Canadian Maple Syrup Classification**
Grade	Colour Class	Percentage of Light Transmission
*All colours indicated above may be assigned to "Canada No 3" maple syrup if it meets only therequirements of this grade. Ref: Maple Products Regulations of the Canada Agricultural Products Act
Canada No. 1	Extra Light	75% or more
Canada No. 1	Light	60.5% to 74.9%
Canada No. 1	Medium	44% to 60.4%
Canada No. 2	Amber	27% to 43.9%
Canada No. 3*	Dark	Less than 27%

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**Table 8 - Nutritional Value of maple syrup and various sweeteners**
Elements	Maple syrup	Honey	Sugar	Brown sugar
Percentage of Daily Value (DV)[1] per 60 ml serving
1. DV: Daily value is the intake of a given nutrient deemed to fulfill the daily nutritional needs of most individuals. Sources: Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec and The Canadian Nutrient file - Health Canada
Manganese	100%	3%	0%	9%
Riboflavine	37%	2%	1%	0%
Zinc	18%	2%	0%	1%
Magnesium	7%	1%	0%	7%
Calcium	5%	0%	0%	5%
Potassium	5%	1%	0%	6%
Calories	217	261	196	211

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