first, Mr Rancid Syrupski, i dont find any name for you, since i never see a picture of you, camera problem ?

Second, to answer Spud questions:
http://www.siropderable.ca/Afficher....e=92&langue=fr

you have there every stats that FPAQ makes on maple syrup. it is in french, but numbers are in english ()

some numbers in exportations are for total Canadian productions.
in 2009 Canada export 75.2 M lbs total
53.55M lbs were exported in Usa
theres a list of all countries that receive syrup.

theres another page that declare 48.4M lbs for 2011

We know that a lot of this syrup goes for Usa market, bottled in Usa or bulk for processed foods.

A lot of FPAQ members discuss about increasing production in USA. recent Maple act could make move something here.
FPAQ limits new installation to nearly nothing here, and for sure somes QC producers ask why in Usa they promote new taps and here they stop expansion.

We all know then potential for new taps in Usa, but is it a REAL potential???
Here in Qc, if they open quotas for 10M new taps, they are avalaible for next season, and this is a conservative evaluation.

Right now, Syrup price is artificial (Yes, not Pure). It is maintain because FPAQ socialist base, to give a fairly high price to producers. If they open the market to free choice price will go down to an estimate $2.10/pound.