Canadian wood pellet production for 2022 remained stable with the previous year, according to a report filed with the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s Global Agricultural Information Network. Exports were up an estimated 5 percent due to increased demand from Europe and Asia. Canada produced an estimated 3.5 million metric tons of wood pellets last year, flat with 2021, but up from 3.3 million metric tons in 2020. The country currently has 47 pellet production facilities, flat with 2021 but up from 46 in 2020. Total nameplate production capacity was at 4.79 million metric tons in 2022, down from 5.054 million metric tons in 2021 and 4.856 million metric tons in 2020. Capacity use was estimated at 73.1 percent for 2022, up from 69.3 percent in 2021 and 68 percent in 2020. …Virtually all the wood pellets imported into Canada in 2019, 2020 and 2021 came from the U.S. A full copy of the report is available on the USDA FAS GAIN website.