在短缺的情况下，加拿大正在动用其战略储备。这一次，枫糖浆。
据彭博社首次报道，领先的贸易集团魁北克枫糖浆生产商表示，它将从其战略枫糖浆储备中释放大约 5000 万磅，几乎占库存的一半。
这个政府支持的组织，通常被称为枫糖浆欧佩克，利用其储备来控制糖浆价格和供应。截至2020年，魁北克生产了全球73%的枫糖浆，迄今为止最大的客户是美国，约占加拿大出口量的60%。
创建战略储备是为了在收成不好的季节或需求激增时保持枫糖浆的库存。在一个炎热而短暂的春天导致产量下降之后，现在就是这种情况。从历史上看，2021 年是魁北克枫树产量的平均年份，估计收成为 1.33 亿磅，但销售额与去年相比增长了 21%，供应紧张。
QMSP 没有立即回应 CNN Business 的置评请求。该组织的发言人 Helene Normandin 在接受彭博社采访时说：“大流行对我们的情况有所帮助，因为我们看到人们更多地在家做饭并使用更多当地产品。需求在增加的不仅仅是魁北克。”
该储备金过去曾成为头条新闻。 2011 年至 2012 年间，价值近 2,000 万加元的 3,000 吨枫糖浆在一场臭名昭著的盗窃案中从保护区偷走，被称为加拿大枫糖浆大劫案。
Facing shortages, Canada taps its strategic reserves of maple syrup
New York, NY (CNN)Amid shortages, Canada is tapping into its strategic reserves. This time, for maple syrup.
The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, a leading trade group, said it is releasing roughly 50 million pounds from its strategic maple syrup reserves, almost half of the stockpile, Bloomberg first reported.
The government-supported organization, which is often called the OPEC of maple syrup, uses its reserves to control syrup prices and supply. As of 2020, Quebec produced 73% of all maple syrup in the world, and its biggest customer by far is the United States, which accounts for around 60% of Canada's export volume.
The strategic reserve was created to keep maple syrup in stock during bad harvest seasons or when demand spikes. That is the case right now following a hot and short spring that led to a lower yield. Historically, 2021 was an average year for maple production in Quebec, with a harvest estimated at 133 million pounds, but sales rose 21% compared to last year, straining the available supply.
QMSP did not immediately respond to requests for comment from CNN Business. "The pandemic helped in our case because we're seeing people cook more at home and use more local products,'' the group's spokesperson Helene Normandin said in an interview with Bloomberg. "It's not just in Quebec the demand is increasing.''
The reserve has made headlines in the past. Between 2011 and 2012, 3,000 tons of maple syrup, valued at nearly $20 million Canadian dollars, were secretly siphoned from the reserve in a notorious theft known as the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.
