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Record high exports to China helped drive total Canadian wheat exports through December 2018 up roughly 1.5 million metric tons higher than the same period in marketing year 2017/18.

FAS/Ottawa is forecasting MY 2018/19 wheat production to remain similar to the MY 2017/18 level, as additional spring wheat area and improvements in durum yields offset lower spring wheat yields.

Effective March 12, 2018, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) changed the wine country of origin label statement for wines blended in Canada.

Canadian imports of milk protein substances (MPS) declined in 2017, after reaching a peak in 2016.

Higher rates of discretionary blending supported higher Canadian imports of U.S. fuel ethanol in 2016 and 2017.

In 2016, retail food and beverage sales in Canada amounted to $73 billion, comprising 85 percent of total food and alcohol beverage sales.

The Canadian food and beverage processing sector is an advanced, increasingly export-oriented $85 billion engine of economic growth.