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== Commerce == Until the 1930s, the United States produced most of the world's maple syrup.<ref>{{cite web |title=Background Information and Justification for Reintroducing the Maple Tapping Access Program Act as part of the new Federal Stimulus Package |publisher=Cornell University |url=http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu/pubs/MaplePartOfStimulusPackage.pdf |accessdate= 20 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620082752/http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu/pubs/MaplePartOfStimulusPackage.pdf |archive-date=20 June 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Today, after rapid growth in the 1990s, Canada produces more than 80 per cent of the world's maple syrup, producing about {{convert|73|e6kg|ST|adj=ri0|abbr=unit}} in 2016.<ref name=cbc17/> Within Canada, [[Quebec]] is the largest producer, responsible for 72 per cent of the world's output; Canadian exports of maple syrup in 2016 were [[Canadian dollar|C$]]487 million (about [[United States dollar|US$]]360 million), with Quebec accounting for some 90 per cent of this total.<ref name="cbc17">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-maple-syrup-production-increase-1.3990828|title=Quebec increases maple syrup production amid internal revolt, foreign competition|author=Marowits, Ross|publisher=CBC|date=20 February 2017|accessdate=21 May 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518192634/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-maple-syrup-production-increase-1.3990828|archivedate=18 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="bbc17">{{cite web |author=Vaudeville, Joël |date=30 May 2024 |title=Record Harvest: 239 Million Pounds of Maple Syrup |url=https://ppaq.ca/en/communiques/record-harvest-239-million-pounds-of-maple-syrup/ |publisher=Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec}}</ref> In 2023, Canada exported $376 million of maple syrup to the United States, $47.8 million to Germany, $31.6 million to France, and $30.2 million to the UK, exporting to 68 countries in total.<ref name=gift>{{cite web|url=https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/7493-maple-syrup-canadas-gift-world|publisher=Statistics Canada|title=Maple syrup: Canada's gift to the world|date=9 December 2024}}</ref> {{as of|2022}}, Quebec accounts for 91.6 per cent of maple syrup produced in Canada, followed by [[New Brunswick]] at 4.7 per cent and [[Ontario]] at 3.4 per cent.<ref name=industry>{{Cite web |date=June 2023 |title=Statistical Overview of the Canadian Maple Industry 2022 |url=https://agriculture.canada.ca/sites/default/files/documents/2023-06/maple_report_erable_2022-eng.pdf |accessdate=10 February 2024 |publisher=Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada}}</ref> However, 96.8 per cent of exported Canadian maple syrup originated from Quebec, whereas 2.6 per cent of exported syrup originated from New Brunswick, and the remaining 0.6 per cent from all other provinces.<ref name=industry /> Ontario holds the most maple syrup farms in Canada outside of Quebec, with 389 maple syrup producers in 2021.<ref name=industry /> This is followed by New Brunswick, with 114 maple syrup producers; and Nova Scotia, with 39 maple syrup producers.<ref name=industry /> As of 2016, Quebec had some 7,300 producers working with 13,500 farmers, collectively making over {{convert|8|e6USgal|e6L|abbr=off|order=flip}} of syrup.<ref name=cbc17/><ref name="statscan16">{{cite web|url=http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/industry-markets-and-trade/statistics-and-market-information/by-product-sector/horticulture-industry/horticulture-sector-reports/statistical-overview-of-the-canadian-maple-industry-2015/?id=1475692913659|title=Statistical Overview of the Canadian Maple Industry – 2015|date=June 2016|publisher=Statistics Canada|accessdate=21 May 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603023316/http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/industry-markets-and-trade/statistics-and-market-information/by-product-sector/horticulture-industry/horticulture-sector-reports/statistical-overview-of-the-canadian-maple-industry-2015/?id=1475692913659|archivedate=3 June 2017}}</ref> Production in Quebec is controlled through a [[supply management (Canada)|supply management]] system, with producers receiving quota allotments from the government sanctioned [[Quebec Maple Syrup Producers]] (QMSP; {{Langx|fr|Les Producteurs et productrices acéricoles du Québec|label=none}}), which also maintains reserves of syrup,<ref name=cbc17/><ref name="fpac">{{cite web |title=Actions de la FPAQ |url=http://www.siropderable.ca/actions.aspx |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002353/http://www.siropderable.ca/actions.aspx |url-status=dead |archivedate=4 March 2016 |publisher= Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec |accessdate=22 September 2010 |language=French}}</ref> although there is a black-market trade in Quebec product.<ref name=cbc17/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://business.financialpost.com/features/how-a-maple-syrup-rebellion-is-growing-in-quebec|title=How a maple syrup rebellion is growing in Quebec|author=Kuitenbrouwer, Peter|work=National Post|accessdate=18 May 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510020501/http://business.financialpost.com/features/how-a-maple-syrup-rebellion-is-growing-in-quebec|archivedate=10 May 2016 |date=25 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://business.financialpost.com/news/agriculture/quebecs-autocratic-control-over-maple-syrup-producers-in-need-of-major-overhaul-provincial-report|title=Quebec's 'autocratic' control over maple syrup producers in need of major overhaul: provincial report|work=Financial Post|author=Kuitenbrouwer, Peter|date=11 February 2016|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508191758/http://business.financialpost.com/news/agriculture/quebecs-autocratic-control-over-maple-syrup-producers-in-need-of-major-overhaul-provincial-report|archivedate=8 May 2016 }}</ref> In 2017, the QMSP mandated increased output of maple syrup production, attempting to establish Quebec's dominance in the world market.<ref name=cbc17/><ref name=bbc17/> The Canadian provinces of [[Manitoba]] and [[Saskatchewan]] produce maple syrup using the sap of the [[Acer negundo|box elder or Manitoba maple (''Acer negundo'')]].<ref name="Grandtner2005"/> In 2011, there were 67 maple syrup producers in Manitoba and 24 in Saskatchewan.<ref name=statscan16/> A Manitoba maple tree's yield is usually less than half that of a similar sugar maple tree.<ref name="manitoba">{{cite web | url = http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/96-328-m/2004032/4194001-eng.pdf | last = Kendrick | first = Jenny | title = Tapping the Manitoba Maple | publisher = Statistics Canada | accessdate =19 September 2010}}</ref> Manitoba maple syrup has a slightly different flavour from sugar-maple syrup, because it contains less sugar and the tree's sap flows more slowly. [[British Columbia]] is home to a growing maple sugar industry using sap from the [[bigleaf maple]], which is native to the West Coast of the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-growth/bc-bigleaf-maple-syrup-finding-its-niche/article1371859/ |work=The Globe and Mail|title=BC Bigleaf Maple Syrup Finding its Niche|author=Norbury, Keith|date=19 May 2010}}</ref> In 2011, there were 82 maple syrup producers in British Columbia.<ref name=statscan16/> [[Vermont]] has long been the largest US producer, with a record {{convert|2.5|e6USgal|e6L|abbr=off|order=flip}} produced in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vermont maple producers again lead the nation |url=https://www.wcax.com/2022/06/10/vermont-maple-producers-again-lead-nation/?outputType=amp |accessdate=13 June 2022 |publisher=WCAX |date=10 June 2022}}</ref> In 2019 it led with over {{convert|2.07|e6USgal|e6L|abbr=off|order=flip}}, followed by [[New York (state)|New York]] with {{convert|820000|USgal|e6L|abbr=unit|order=flip}} and [[Maine]] with {{convert|580000|USgal|e6L|abbr=unit|order=flip}}. [[Wisconsin]], [[Ohio]], [[New Hampshire]], [[Michigan]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Massachusetts]] and [[Connecticut]] all produced marketable quantities of maple syrup.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maple Syrup Production |work=Maple Syrup 2013 |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |accessdate=12 July 2021 |url=https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Pennsylvania/Publications/Survey_Results/2019/Maple%20Syrup%202019.pdf |archive-date=12 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212123720/https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Pennsylvania/Publications/Survey_Results/2019/Maple%20Syrup%202019.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Maple syrup has been produced on a small scale in some other countries, notably Japan and South Korea.<ref name="watanabe">{{cite journal |last=Watanabe |first=Toshiyuki |author2=Aso, Kiyoshi |title=On the Sugar Composition of Maple Syrup |journal=Tohoku Journal of Agricultural Research |year=1962 |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=175–181}}</ref> However, in South Korea in particular, it is traditional to consume maple sap, called ''gorosoe'', instead of processing it into syrup.<ref name="choe">{{cite news |first=Sang-Hun |last=Choe |title=In South Korea, drinks are on the maple tree |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/world/asia/06maple.html?_r=1&ref=maple_syrup_and_sugar |accessdate=21 September 2010 |newspaper=Hadong Journal |date=5 March 2009 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402213346/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/world/asia/06maple.html?_r=1&ref=maple_syrup_and_sugar |archivedate=2 April 2014 }}</ref>
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