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Milled wheat and wheat flour produced, Canada and United States, 2017 and 2018

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Released: 2019-05-21

Canadian millers milled 3 190 189 tonnes of wheat in 2018, up 3.7% from 2017, while total flour produced grew to 2 403 490 tonnes, an increase of 2.8% compared with the previous year.

In Canada in 2018, wheat milled excluding durum rose 3.9% from 2017 to 2 972 846 tonnes, while durum wheat milled increased 1.0% over the same period to 217 343 tonnes.

The overall growth in wheat milled and flour produced in 2018 compared with 2017 was due in part to an increase in milling capacity in Canada. Lower exports of durum wheat products, coupled with an increase in world durum supply, accounted in part for the smaller increase in durum milling compared with all wheat milled.

In the United States, millers milled 24 994 019 tonnes of wheat in 2018, up 0.1% from the previous year. Total flour produced grew 0.1% compared with 2017, rising to 19 362 543 tonnes.

In the United States, the quantity of wheat milled excluding durum was virtually unchanged in 2018 compared with 2017, totalling 23 168 237 tonnes. Durum wheat milled increased by 1.1% over the same period to 1 825 782 tonnes.

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For the first time, Statistics Canada is providing annual data on wheat milled and wheat flour produced in Canada and the United States. This series was prepared in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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