If the Canadian Acéricole Industry represents more than 70% of the global production of syrup in syrup, American Syrup is imported every year in Canada. This practice, in particular, is explained by the request of great American distributors who want to be on the American flag label.
In 2023, about 2.7 million kg products were imported according to a report on the Canadian Aircomous Industry published in June 2024. The Canadian Mapia Syrup found in our supermarket is almost 3.7 million equivalent.
From year to year, the import volume of American syrup is somewhat vary, however, without being related to the quality of the harvest.
Canadian and American maple in the same bottle of syrup
Part of Canadian Americans describes the transformation: There are large American channels that want to have American content within the bottle. Part of the United States Maple Syrup production is imported in Canada and then mixed with Canadian Maple Syrup
Vallier Chabot President President President of Maple.
Vallier Chabot President of the Prestige Maple Products, a company that specializes in producing and distributing Bas-Saint-Laurent, transformed and packaged maple.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Bryan Rochon
The mixed lecture is exported to the United States to sell with the citation ” US product and Canada On the label. So the syrup would not be directed to the Canadian market, say Chabot.
In the case of Prestige, there is about 95% in Canada syrup, about 95%, at the American syrup that calculates its President.
Maple American Syrup imported to Canada has been mixed with Canadian syrup before sold to the United States.
Photo: Radio-Canada
Enough American production
American syrup production of maple syrup Unable to meet an American request today. So they don’t have the opportunity to import Canada syrup
Vallier adds Chabot. In 2023, American Maple Syrup produced nearly 21 million kg, especially in three states: Vermont, New York and Maine. In order to meet American demand, Canada has exported more than 40 million kg to single maple products.
According to the communication director of the producers of Quebec (PPAQ), Joe Vaudeville, American imports areIt is very marginal compared to the quantity of the Quebec Syrup created internationally.
He allegedly sely the syrup that he would not find in our tablets because it is transformed or bottled for the United States.
American guts near the border
The closeness between Quebec and American territories that grow a lot of maple, can also explain part of imports by Maurice Doyon, a full professor of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Consumer Science at Laval University.
It is easier for Quebecers to exploit the skills of the United States for geographical reasons. It is likely that a giant forest that passes through a forest road and the American side, access is much more difficult or far away, he explained. So there is an increase in opportunities that will lead to American syrup in Quebec.
America’s boats are closer to the Canadian road network.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Olivia Laperriaère-Roy
American syrup can also be accessed in Canada and can be stored for a long time, under the permission of the Canadian customs without entering the imports of U.S. maple products.
This is the owner of a Maine’s User, which is created by Quebecer Martin Carrier, an 85,000 notches:Our syrup passed 50% from Canada. It is not mandatory to do so, but it is simpler that we sell to American transformers, if practicing the road.
Customs rates
25% imposed on Canada products exported to States that must be accessed on April 2. Maurice Doyon believes that additional export costs are consumer that will need to compensate.
American companies will have all the interests to increase their price difference in the pocket and it will increase.
The increase in the price of Maple products could be greater than 25% as a result of the cost increase in all levels of the production chain.In this case, we can see the decline in the affiliation of Americans. It is still the largest market for Canadian producers
added.
Concern about production costs
Martin Carrier is also afraid of significant increase in production costs, even if it is produced in its syrup in the United States and also sold in American Transformers:We hope to increase the price of maple syrup, but the main impact for American producers is certainly the increase in equipment prices.
Most acéricole equipment has been designed and manufactured in Canada. The maples of Maine or Vermont, therefore, will have to pay customs rates in all equipment imported in the American territory.
Bryan Rochon’s text with the help of Marie Maude Pontbrand
2025-03-16 08:00:00
