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CDN CANNABIS INVENTORY SOARS TO NEW HIGH! MORE PAIN AHEAD!

[Humanist]

Canadian cannabis inventory soars to new high, indicating more pain ahead for producers

Published july 8, 2020/ 10:25 am | By Matt Lamers



Federally licensed producers in Canada are stockpiling more cannabis than ever, new figures from the federal government Canada show, indicating that some producers are in store for more financial pain as the market looks for equilibrium.

Canadian cultivators and processors had amassed some 620,144 kilograms (1.4 million pounds) of unpackaged cannabis inventory as of April – defined as cannabis in stock that is not packaged for sale to consumers at the retail level.
 
In addition, some 85,014 kilograms of packaged inventory was being held by federal license holders, retailers and wholesalers in the same month – defined as cannabis in inventory that is packaged for sale to consumers.

It is a similar story for extracts, edibles and topicals, however Health Canada uses “packaged units” to measure those inventory levels.
For example, the Health Canada data shows over 9 million packaged units of cannabis extracts in April versus sales of a little over 1 million packaged units.

In the leadup to legalization in October 2018, the largest Canadian producers spent billions of dollars building up production capacity and on and acquisitions – moves criticized as a nod to stock market investors rather than an attempt to address actual consumer demand.
Much of that capacity was shown to be misplaced, despite a short-lived scarcity in the months following legalization.

Since the shortage abated, producers like Canopy Growth and Aurora Cannabis raced to slash costs and excess production, laid off thousands of workers and write down billions in inventory. Some are selling greenhouses for a fraction of their original cost.

Deeper industry-wide cuts might still be needed for the large producers to shed excess production, even as the industry continues to see impressive month-on-month retail sales growth.

Craig Wiggins, managing director of market researcher TheCannalysts, said “It’s plain old supply and demand. If you cannot sell what you’re making, it starts backing up and you will eventually have to write it down or destroy it if it doesn’t sell.”

“We’ve seen a cutting of capacity, but the capacity that they reduced to might still be optimistic,” said Wiggins.

“The total addressable market is growing. There’s no question about it,” he said. “But it’s not growing to the extent that it can absorb the unsalable product, so adjustments are coming.”

Brock University business professor Michael Armstrong says looming outdoor harvests this fall could also factor into inventories.
The amount of space licensed to grow cannabis outdoors now exceeds indoor and greenhouse.

“The (production) bump next fall is probably going to be even larger (than 2019’s), so current indoor production plans should be taking into account that a surge is going to come from outdoor.”

Health Canada’s cannabis market data can be found here.
Matt Lamers is Marijuana Business Daily’s international editor, based near Toronto. He can be reached at [e-mail].

[Buoyohbuoy]

Hmm who said this very same thing about Aphria. Like I said they have a warehouse full of unsellable product and are moyhballing phase 4. You don't have to like it but its true.

[Medicalcan]

Phase 4 was Aphria one which they have actually expanded by moving extraction from ECOE into Aphria one because ECOE was waiting for licenses. Stop spreading fud!

[Mikelitoris2344]

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[Savage97]

This is actually great news for Aphria as most of its competitors will not be able to sell product outside of Canada and/or compete with their lowest cost prices for quality flower.  GLTA

[Buoyohbuoy]

Absolutely wrong , competition will be selling product at any price point just to get rid of it and create cash flow.

[Medicalcan]

Do you have any clue to what aphria's business model is and that they are a CPG company focused on branding and it has been proven people don't want cheap garbage weed?

[Buoyohbuoy]

Do you have any clue about "price point" Cannabis is no different than alcohol put something on sale that's similar people but it

[Medicalcan]

wrong because compare smirnoff to grey goose you could take 90% off smirnoff I'm still sticking with my grey goose. So sick and tired of people talking about dry flower as if it is only source of revenue it is a fraction. Proves again you have no clue to Aphria's business model where they view it as an ingredient! Do you have any clue as to how many products you can infuse with marijuana

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[Buoyohbuoy]

How did INT work out for you WOT. LOL

[Medicalcan]

I'm sorry is that english?

[Mikelitoris2344]

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[wideopenthrottl]

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[ZipLokBaggies4U]

That's what keeps us old longs here. But the Canadian government does everything in their authority to deny LP's any self promotion of brands. And the Ontario government has throttled sufficent supply via retail stores. Canabis never gets any respect, still regarded as the evil weed.

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[ZipLokBaggies4U]

There is still no real demand for Cannabis in Germany, or Italy