MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks for 2022-23 were revised higher by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in its latest supply/demand estimates, released Friday.
The larger carryout projection came despite a downward revision to production, as both exports and domestic usage were also down from the November report.
The government agency now sees canola carryout of 800,000 tonnes for the current marketing year, which would be up from the November forecast of 500,000 tonnes and in line with the 2021-22 ending stocks of 875,000 tonnes.
Updated production estimates from Statistics Canada included in the latest AAFC report lowered canola production to 18.2 million tonnes from an earlier estimate of 19.1 million tonnes. Meanwhile, projected canola exports of 8.6 million tonnes would be down by 700,000 tonnes from the November estimate. Domestic usage was lowered by roughly half-a-million tonnes from November, at 9.7 million tonnes.
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Tables: December estimates for Canadian major crops’ supply and demand, in millions of metric tonnes. Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
