Canadian Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

34.7 liters, a 25.7 percent increase over 2000. The Canadian bottled water industry
now has 77 bottlers producing shipments valued at $C586 million, of which 47.9
percent was exported to the United States in 2002. Canada has now surpassed
France as the largest exporter of bottled water to the U.S., and Canadian exports are
expected to double in the next five years.
The Canadian soft drink industry primarily serves the domestic market. Statistics
Canada data show that in 2001, 95.1 percent of shipments were for the domestic
market while the remaining 4.9 percent were exported. More than one third of
industry shipments originate in Ontario and one-quarter originate in Quebec. The
remainder is manufactured in the Western provinces while a minor portion comes
from the Maritimes, primarily New Brunswick. Data from Statistics Canada indicate
that per capita consumption of carbonated soft drinks was 113.24 liters in 2001, a
0.43 percent increase over 2000. Data from Retail Sales in Canadian Grocery
Stores, 2001, a report AC Nielsen Canada produced for Agriculture and Agri-Food
Canada, indicate that about 23 percent of soft drinks sold are diet drinks and that 77
percent of soft drinks sold are regular drinks. The same study also indicated that
about 52 percent of soft drinks sold are packaged in bottles and that about 48
percent of soft drinks sold are packaged in cans.
Canada’s tea & coffee manufacturers mainly serve the domestic market. Statistics
Canada data show that in 2001, 67.7 percent of industry shipments were for the
domestic market, while the remaining 32.3 percent were exported. The majority of
Canadian tea processing takes place in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia,
although there are many small and medium-sized Canadian owned firms located
across the country. Coffee processors are located mainly in Ontario and Quebec,
with small and medium-sized firms located across the country. From 1990 to 1999,
per capita consumption of tea has increased from 0.54 kilograms (tea leaves) to 0.86
kilograms. Data from the Tea Council of Canada indicate that 90 percent of Canadian
adults drink tea and that they consume some 7 billion cups per year. Per capita
consumption of coffee has increased slightly since 1990 from 4.27 kilograms (beans)
to 4.52 kilograms in 1999. According to the Coffee Association of Canada, adult
Canadians drink over 15 billion cups of coffee per year, making coffee Canada’s
favorite hot beverage. The average coffee drinker in Canada drinks three cups of
coffee each day. Of all coffee consumed in Canada, 74 percent is roast and ground,
20 percent is instant, and 6 percent is specialty. Decaffeinated coffee represents 9
percent of total coffee consumption.
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