Canada's organics

Here is a new USDA FAS report about Canada's organic agriculture rules.
From the report:

The annual retail market for organic food in Canada is estimated at US$2.6 billion, accounting for approximately 2.0 percent of total Canadian retail food sales. As stated earlier, Canada’s growing demand for organic food is mostly satisfied by imports from the United States. The introduction of Canadian organic regulations is not expected to change the degree of dependence on U.S. product over the medium term. It is expected that the popularity of organic food in Canada will be enhanced as Canadian consumers familiarize with the new logo and as Canadian retailers continue to promote and expand the retail shelf space for organic food. A recent Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada announcement (see below) to launch a pilot project to measure organic trade is expected to result in wider exposure for organic food. While the Canadian organic industry is hopeful that measuring organic food imports will encourage Canadian domestic production of organic food over the next several years, it is expected that the major share of the anticipated increase in demand will be continue to be met via increased imports of U.S. organic product.

TK: The U.S. and Canada are reportedly planning "equivalency" discussions over the next two years that will determine how the "organic" label will be applied to various commodities.