Canadian hemp grain producers continued to dominate the U.S. marketplace for hempseed-based merchandise in 2024, transport materials valued at roughly $55 million over the northern border, in line with the U.S. Division of Agriculture (USDA). The overall, which incorporates meals seed, oilcake and hempseed oil, was flat in opposition to imports recorded for 2023.
Canadian producers shipped in $46.2 million price of meals seed, $5.9 million in oilcake and $3.3 million in hempseed oil, with a lot of the provides coming from the province of Manitoba ($52 million), in line with a remaining USDA report from final 12 months.
For context, U.S. hemp grain manufacturing in 2023 was estimated at simply $2.3 million, in line with a separate USDA report that tracks home manufacturing. (NASS)
Complete U.S. meals seed imports reached $47.9 million in 2024. Far behind Canada among the many high 5 grain importers had been: Romania, $553,000; China, $434,000; France, $271,000; and Paraguay, $250,000.
Dutch planting seed
The Netherlands led all exporters of hemp sowing seed to the U.S., transport $3.6 million of the full $4.8 million recorded final 12 months. Different high cultivation seed exporters to the U.S. had been Spain with $472,000, France with $483,750, China with $244,590, and Australia with $239,915.
Imports of hemp textile supplies in two classes totaled roughly $2.0 million. Yarn imports had been valued at $1.2 million with roughly $800,000 coming from Romania and $273,000 from China. Cloth imports had been $989,000, with greater than half of that ($599,000) coming from China. Italy shipped materials price $284,000.
Twine imports totaled $2.6 million, with greater than 99% of that coming from the Philippines.
Evaluation is restricted
Final 12 months was the second 12 months for the import stories, that are produced weekly. Compiled by USDA’s Agricultural Advertising and marketing Service, the stories mark the primary authorities knowledge evaluation devoted solely to imported hemp commodities, however don’t embody hemp flowers, hurd or technical fibers. Along with import knowledge, the stories monitor retail marketed costs for seed-based merchandise corresponding to complete and hulled seeds, protein powder and hemp seed oil, nationally and by area.
Hemp import volumes to the U.S. are minuscule, however nonetheless could trace at how trade enterprise relationships are shaping up around the globe.
The weekly stories complement an annual Nationwide Hemp Report began by USDA two years in the past that queries greater than 20,000 hemp producers throughout the nation to find out planted acreage, harvest figures, and crop values. That report put the full worth of domestically produced hemp at $258 million in 2023, with earnings from flowers $241 million; fiber, $11.6 million; and grain $2.3 million.
