Emergency stockpile of Maple syrup used to replenish stockpile

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Emergency stockpile of Maple syrup used to replenish stockpile

QUEBEC, Canada - After a 24 percent drop in maple syrup production in Canada last year, an emergency stockpile of syrup has been used to replenish stock of syrup available in stores worldwide.

The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, a government-sponsored cartel, controls some 70 percent of the world's maple syrup production.

The association said that Canada's warmer and shorter spring resulted in a decrease in the production of syrup, which is a result of more than 11,000 Canadian maple syrup producers.

Demand increased as the Covid outbreak resulted in more people cooking at home. The association released 50 million pounds of syrup from its reserves to restock store shelves worldwide.

The group tapped its stockpiles in 2008, representing half of the Quebec Maple Syrup Producers' stockpile.

Helene Normandin, spokeswoman for the Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, said the group will allow more production of syrup in 2022 in a bid to return the market to normal.

That's why the reserve is made to never miss maple syrup. We won't miss maple syrup! Quebec accounts for more than 70 percent of the world's maple syrup supply.

Normandin said that the season here in Quebec will start a bit earlier in February, instead of March, and end earlier at this moment.

Between January and September 2021, Canadian syrup exports jumped 21 percent this year, reaching 113.5 million pounds.

Weather conditions make the year-to- year supplies volatile, and so is the main reason why collecting and refining sap into syrup is heavily dependent on weather conditions.