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The reserve is used to support global maple syrup prices and supply, and has been called "the OPEC of the maple syrup world" by The Economist. [8] [9] A barrel is worth about $1,200 or $2.88 per pound which is 10-18 times the value of U.S. crude oil. [7] [10] The reserve is located in warehouses in a number of rural Quebec towns.
The collected sap is then boiled. As the sap boils, the water is evaporated off and the syrup left behind. 40 litres (8.8 imp gal; 11 US gal) of maple sap are required to be boiled to produce only 1 litre (0.22 imp gal; 0.26 US gal) of pure syrup. This is the reason for the high cost of pure maple syrup.
In the United States, consumers generally prefer imitation syrups, likely because of the significantly lower cost and sweeter flavour; [113] [114] they typically cost about $2 per litre ($8 per US gallon), whereas authentic maple syrup costs $11–$16 per litre ($40–$60 per US gallon) as of 2015. [114]
The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist (French: vol de sirop d'érable du siècle, lit. 'maple syrup heist of the century') was the theft over several months in 2011 and 2012 of nearly 3,000 tonnes (3,000 long tons; 3,300 short tons) of maple syrup, valued at C$18.7 million (equivalent to C$24.1 million in 2023) from a storage facility in Quebec.
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The Winchester bushel is the volume of a cylinder 18.5 in (470 mm) in diameter and 8 in (200 mm) high, which gives an irrational number of approximately 2150.4202 cubic inches. [4] The modern American or US bushel is a variant of this, rounded to exactly 2150.42 cubic inches, less than one part per ten million less. [ 5 ]
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The Weights and Measures Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. 74) declared that, for measures of liquids and unheaped dry volume, a 'quarter' equals eight bushels (64 imperial gallons (290.95 L), where a gallon is defined as a volume of water weight ten troy pounds). [12] The term pail is also used for this unit of dry volume. [13]