Canadian Statistics
Statistics Canada is the Canadian federal government agency commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and culture.
CANSIM tables (the Canadian Socioeconomic Information Management System) lets users track trends in virtually every aspect of Canadian life. However, the information is not free. The cost depends upon how many series of data were extracted from the table. Tables contain data described by dimensions, such as time period, geography, commodity, and other specific characteristics. By limiting a search to particular dimensions, a user can reduce the cost of information. The tables contain information directly related to Coffee and Tea manufacturing industry (31192) that covers following topics:
• Principal statistics for the industry
• Manufacturers' sales, inventories, orders and inventory to sales ratios
• Manufacturing sales
• Industry price indexes
• Provincial gross domestic product (GDP)
• Provincial gross output
Additional Canadian food-related statistics:
• Supply and disposition of food in Canada
• Food available in Canada
• Nutrients in the food supply
• Wholesale trade
• Merchandise imports and exports
(Historical statistics are available in terminated tables)
Summary Tables provide an overview of statistical information on Canada’s people, economy and governments. All information is provided at the national level. The information is free of charge. Summary tables cover the following topics:
• Food and other selected items (including coffee and tea), average retail prices (monthly)
• Consumer Price Index, food (including coffee and tea), by province (monthly)
• Raw materials (including coffee and tea) price index
• Consumer Price Index, food(including coffee and tea), by province
Census Tables present data on people of Canada and their demographic characteristics. The most recent data available is for 2006; however, 2011 is a census year and new census information will be available very soon. Since the coffee and tea industry targets an adult population, the most valuable data for industry players is contained in the tables in the topic “Age and sex”. These tables provide age and sex distributions for the entire population of Canada. The 2006 Census data shows the age group structure of the Canadian population and are used to calculate indicators of aging for each province and territory.
American Statistics
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is A US government agency. It promotes a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing the relevant, and accurate economic accounts data in an objective and cost-effective manner. The US Coffee and tea industry information can be found on the “Industry Economic Accounts” page of BEA website. The Survey of Current Business: Annual Industry Accounts: Revised Statistics for 2007–2009 issued in January 2011 contains following statistical tables:
• Value Added by Industry, 2006–2009
• Value Added by Industry as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product, 2006–2009
• Chain-Type Quantity Indexes for Value Added by Industry, 2006–2009
• Real Value Added by Industry, 2006–2009
• Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product by Industry, 2006–2009
International Statistics
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations disseminates statistical data collected and maintained by FAO. Since 1961 it provides time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture for some 200 countries. The FAOSTST is a major component of FAO’s information systems, contributing to the organization’s strategic objective of collecting, analyzing, interpreting and disseminating information relating to nutrition, food and agriculture. Statistics are available on the following subjects:
• Agricultural Production
• Food and Agriculture Trade
• Food Balance Sheets
• Agricultural Price Statistics
• Agricultural Resources
The International Coffee Organization contains comprehensive historical statistical data on coffee comprises annual, quarterly, monthly and daily data from as far back as 1964. In addition to free information, the ICO offers a subscription service to its statistical data, including monthly, quarterly and annual exports and imports statistics, indicator prices, prices paid to growers and retail prices.
ICO Statistics offers free and up-to-date statistical information on the following topics:
• Exports
• Imports
• Market prices
• Prices to growers
• Production
• Stocks and inventories.
The European Coffee Federation provides statistics in the annual European Coffee Report with basic information on European trade and the national markets of its member associations. ECF European Coffee Report is great source of statistical information that was analysed, processed, and presented in form of a report. Each report contains the following statistical information:
• Green coffee production by countries
• Coffee exports 10 main countries
• Averages monthly prices for different kinds of coffee
• EU27 green non-decaffeinated coffee imports
• Total coffee stocks per port
• Coffee consumption in selected EU members
• Coffee consumption in selected countries (including Canada)
Eurostat provides the European Union with a statistical information service that enables comparisons between countries and regions. This recourse offers an opportunity to study European countries in numbers and could be especially recommended for those who are planning on conducting business in Europe. Eurostat contains two datasets related specifically to “coffee and tea” topic:
• Extra-EU imports of coffee, tea, cocoa: main EU partners
• Production and external trade of foodstuffs : Coffee, tea and cocoa
Financial Resources
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada provides key financials for the industry in Canada, including information on values of imports, exports, market value and market share.
Globe and Mail: Globe Investor displays current and historical stock performance and financial news headlines for commodities, including coffee.
Yahoo! Finance provides links to a variety of coffee-related indices monitoring coffee's stock market performance, including Standard & Poor's GSCI Coffee Index and Dow Jones - USB Coffee Subindex
