EDITION:

Search
Search
Close this search box.

Canadian cannabis market fundamentals right now

The CCSI was assessed at C$5.12 per gram this week, up 1.1% from last week’s C$5.07 per gram. This week’s price equates to US$1,846 per pound at the current exchange rate.

Each week, Business of Cannabis delivers a series of insights from our partners at Cannabis Benchmarks®.

In this week’s report, Cannabis Benchmarks reviews data released by Statistics Canada, which expands our understanding of the state of cannabis market fundamentals. The data set they focus on this week shows monthly dry cannabis unit production and sales data through September 2021. We discover the dynamics are changing rapidly with this latest installment of data, which spans from April 2021 to September 2021.

The chart above shows monthly dry cannabis packaged production alongside total cannabis sales. Both monthly data sets are reported on a packaged unit basis rather than volume.

As the chart illustrates, both production and sales were increasing at a steady rate in the first few years of legalization. However, with the exception of the COVID shutdown periods during Q2 2020, production consistently outpaced sales, with the excess production each month either being destroyed or pushed into storage facilities. As with most commodity markets, a steady increase in inventory leads to weakening wholesale prices. While declining prices typically result in an increase in sales in the short term, over the longer term producers need to cut production to correct the imbalance.

As of last September, the data indicates that production cuts are finally being made to move supply closer in line with demand, with a number of cultivators closing production facilities. A better supply/demand balance should be good news for the cannabis markets as a whole, and should be seen as another sign of a maturing market.

Source: Canada Cannabis Spot IndexCannabis Benchmarks

See previous weekly updates from Cannabis Benchmarks:



Related Posts

Related Posts

CONNECT

Related Posts

Related Posts

Recent Posts

Related Posts

Subscribe to our mailing list to receives daily updates!

We won’t spam you

Categories

Browse by Tags

CATEGORIES

EDITION

BUSINESS OF CANNABIS

© 2023 Prohibition Holdings Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

EDITION

Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?