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CANADA - ANNUAL HONEY REPORT- 1998
PRODUCTION...
SITUATION & OUTLOOK --- PRESENT PRODUCTION PROSPECTS POINT TO A 1998 CANADIAN HONEY CROP OF ABOUT 33,000 METRIC TONS, UP NEARLY 10% FROM THE I 1997 OUTTURN. PRODUCTION INCREASES ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE PRAIRIE PROVINCES AND ONTARIO, CANADA'S MAJOR HONEY PRODUCING REGIONS. IN THE PRAIRIE REGION (ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN AND MANITOBA), RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE WERE GENERALLY FAVORABLE FOR FLOWERING CROPS THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE 1998 GROWING SEASON RESULTING IN GOOD CONDITIONS FOR BEE ACTIVITY AND HIGH HONEY YIELDS. IN ONTARIO, A RECORD MILD WINTER AND AN EARLY SPRING RESULTED IN AN EARLIER THAN NORMAL START TO THE HONEY SEASON BRINGING EXPECTATIONS OF SHARP YEAR-TO-YEAR INCREASES IN HONEY YIELDS. HONEY PRODUCERS IN THE MAJOR PRODUCING REGIONS NORMALLY ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 85% OF TOTAL OUTPUT. PRODUCERS IN QUEBEC AND BRITISH COLUMBIA ANTICIPATE ABOVE AVERAGE HONEY PRODUCTION IN 1998 WHILE PRODUCTION IN THE MARITIME REGION IS VARIABLE DUE TO PROLONGED DRY SPELLS IN JULY AND AUGUST.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HONEYBEE COLONIES IN CANADA SLIPPED TO NEAR 500,000 IN THE MID- 1990'S
REFLECTING SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS AND SUCCESSIVE, COOL WET SPRING SEASONS. SINCE THAT TIME, LOWER HONEY PRODUCTION AND STEADY PRICES HAVE RESULTED IN A TREND TO INCREASED COLONY NUMBERS. FOR 1998, POST ESTIMATES THAT TOTAL CANADIAN COLONIES MAY REACH 525,000. THE MID-TERM (3-5 YEAR) OUTLOOK FOR CANADIAN HONEY PRODUCTION IS FOR PRODUCT10N TO AVERAGE ABOVE 32,000 METRIC TONS UNDER FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
CONSUMPTION...
CANADIAN PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF HONEY VARIES YEAR-TO-YEAR IN RELATION TO THE LEVELS OF DOMESTIC PRODUCTION AND CANADIAN EXPORTS.
PRICES...
PRICES TO HONEY PRODUCERS ARE STEADY TO SLIGHTLY WEAKER LAST YEAR'S LEVELS. IN AUGUST 1998, FARM PRICE LEVELS FOR HONEY WERE REPORTEDLY NEAR THE $CO.96 PER POUND LEVEL, DOWN FROM $C 1. 2 5-$C 1. 30 Two YEARS EARLIER.
STOCKS...
IN ABSENCE OF OFFICIAL DATA, STOCK LEVELS ARE POST ESTIMATES. IN 1998, LOWER CARRY-IN STOCKS REFLECTED REDUCED HONEY IMPORTS DURING 1997, PARTICULARLY FROM CHINA. HONEY STOCKS AT THE END OF 1998 ARE PROJECTED TO BE IN THE NORMAL RANGE OF ABOUT 3,000 METRIC TONS.
TRADE...
EXPORTS --- IN THE MID- 1990s CANADIAN HONEY EXPORT TRADE REFLECTED A PERIOD HIGH CANADIAN IMPORTS OF CHINESE HONEY FOR BLENDING WITH DOMESTIC HONEY AND SUBSEQUENT EXPORT TO THE UNITED STATES. THE TRADEE REPORTS THAT THE ONTARIO COMPANY WHICH WAS THE MAJOR IMPORTER OF CHINESE HONEY, FACED CASH FLOW PROBLEMS FOLLOWING THE LOSS OF ITS MAJOR BUYER IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT THE COMPANY WENT BANKRUPT By MID- 1997. IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1998, CANADIAN HONEY EXPORTS RAN 23 PERCENT ABOVE THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER, BUT BELOW THE I996 LEVEL.
INCREASED EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY ACCOUNTED FOR M0ST OF THE INCREASE. NEW CROP EXPORTS, WHICH OCCUR IN THE LAST HALF OF THE YEAR, ARE EXPECTED TO BENEFIT FROM A LOWER VALUED CANADIAN DOLLAR.
IMPORTS ---
CANADAS HONEY IMPORTS IN 1997 AND THE FIRST SIX-MONTHS OF 1998 ARE SHARPLY LOWER REFLECTING REDUCED IMPORTS FROM CHINA. As MENNONED ABOVE, PRIOR TO MID- I997, IMPORTS OF CHINESE HONEY WERE DESTINED FOR BLENDING WITH CANADIAN HONEY AND EXPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES. ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY CONTACTS, THE RECENT CLOSING OF THE CANADIAN BLENDING OPERATION HAS RESULTED IN A SHARP DECLINE IN IMPORTS OF HONEY FROM CHINA. CANADIAN IMPORTS OF HONEY IN 1998 ARE FORECAST AT I .900 METRIC TONS, DOWN DRAMATICALLY FROM THE MID 1990S AND CLOSER TO THE AVERAGE RECORDED IN THE EARLY 1990S. IN 1997, ARGENTINA BECAME THE SECOND MOST NEXT MOST IMPORTANT SUPPLIER OF HONEY TO CANADA. HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO HONEY IMPORTS FROM AROENTINA IN THE JANUARY-JUNE PERIOD OF 1998. CANADIAN IMPORTS OF U.S. HONEY IN 1998 REMAIN MODEST. HIGHER CANADIAN HONEY PRODUCTION AND THE LOWER VALUE OF THE CANADIAN DOLLAR ARE DISINCENTIVES TO U.S. HONEY EXPORTS TO CANADA IN 1998.
POLICY...
NISA PROGRAM UPDATE --- MANY CANADIAN HONEY PRODUCERS PARTICIPATE IN CANADA'S VOLUNTARY NET INCOME STABILIZATION ACCOUNT (NISA). THE NISA IS A WHOLE-FARM SAFETY NET PROGRAM WHICH ENCOURAGES SAVINGS IN GOOD YEARS TO CUSHION THE EFFECTS OF POOR YEARS (I.E., MARKET DOWNTURNS). UNDER NISA, HONEY PRODUCERS CONTRIBUTE A PERCENTAGE OF THEIR ELIGIBLE NET SALES (OF ALL COMMODITIES PRODUCED ON THEIR FARMS) INTO A NISA ACCOUNT. FOR ELIGIBLE SALES, THE PRODUCER CONTRIBUTION LIMIT is 3% MATCHED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT 2% AND THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AT I %. ELIGIBLE SALES UNDER NISA ARE LIMITED TO C$250,000, THUS LIMITING GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO C$7,500. SINCE NISA PAYMENTS ARE BASED ON THE WHOLE-FARM CONCEPT, THERE IS NO OFFICIAL INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF HONEY PRODUCERS ENROLLED, BUT PARTICIPATION IS REPORTEDLY HIGHER IN THE WEST.
HEALTH ISSUES --- BEE PROHIBITION ORDER -
CANADA HAS BANNED IMPORTS OF LIVE- U.S. BEES SINCE 1987 DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF VARROA MITE IN CERTAIN U.S. STATES. IN 1993, AGRICULTURF- AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA PERMITTED THE RESUMPTION OF THE IMPORTATION OF QUEEN BEES FROM HAWAII UNDER STRICT HEALTH MEASURES. UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE ANIMAL- HEALTH ACT AND REGULATIONS, THE GOC HAS BEEN EXTENDING THE IMPORT BAN AT TWO YEAR INTERVALS. THE CURRENT HONEYBEE IMPORT PROHIBITION ORDER EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 3 1, I 999. OVER THE LAST DECADE, THE BEE IMPORTATION BAN HAS RESULTED IN AN INCREASE IN THE PRACTICE OF OVERWINTERING BEES IN CANADA AND ADDITIONAL IMPORTS OF LIVE BEES FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
MARKET DEVELOPMENT...
CANADA HAS NO QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON HONEY IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES BUT MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. HONEY ARE LIMITED BY CANADAS SURPLUS PRODUCTION POSITION AND A WEAK CANADIAN DOLLAR. HOWEVER, PROSPECTS IN THE FOODSERVICE AND SPECIALTY FOOD MARKETS REMAIN FAIR. IN THE SPECIALTY FOOD MARKET, U.S. EXPORTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES AT MAJOR SPECIALTY FOOD SHOWS HELD REGULARLY IN CANADA. U.S. HONEY IN JARS MUST CONFORM TO THE CONTAINER SIZE REGULATIONS NOTED BELOW.
TARIFFS ...
CANADA APPLIES NO IMPORT TARIFFS TO HONEY IMPORTS.
CANADIAN HONEY REGULATIONS...
AS PART OF A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM OF FISCAL RESTRAINT, THF- CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY (CFIA), IN EARLY JULY 1997, ANNOUNCED NEW INSPECTION FEES FOR, 1) INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION OF PACKING PREMISES AND HONEY INSPECTION IN THESE ESTABLISHMENTS, 2) THE ISSUING OF EXPORT CERTIFICATES AND, 3) THE VERIFICATION OF IMPORT DECLARATIONS. THE ACTION ESTABLISHES: AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE OF $C100 FOR PRODUCER-GRADERS, $C200 FOR HONEY PACKERS AND, $C400 FOR HONEY PASTEURIZERS; A FEE OF $C150 PER SHIPMENT FOR THE INSPECTION OF HONEY AND ISSUANCE OF AN EXPORT CERTIFICATE AND; A FEE OF $C5.00 PER SHIPMENT OR 1.0 CENTS PER KILOGRAM, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, FOR IMPORTS (IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING REQUIREMENT THAT ALL IMPORTS OF HONEY BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN IMPORT DECLARATION WHICH THE IMPORTER MUST SUBMIT TO THE INSPECTOR FOR VERIFICATION.
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