Thanks. All very interesting. I did not know the exchange rate was so skewed.
James-Osbourne: Holmes -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 12:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Canadian MSM powder suppliers In a message dated 2001-11-03 1:00:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: A local feed and animal supplies store here in Santa Fe New Mexico sells 5 pounds of 99.8 MSM for 48 bux. Yes James but those are US Dollars. 5 pounds is about 1.1 KG or 1100 grams. $48 USD is About $77.28 CDN - then add $5.00 postal customs brokerage to this (more if they use a courier service) and any shipping charges - usually about $20 CDN for a 1KG shipment and now the price rises to $102.28 CDN. or $93 CDN per KG. There are suppliers here that can provide that for about $60 CDN or less. The Canadian Dollar's value to the US dollar is very low now and is getting lower making imports very expensive. I'm not sure of the source of MSM here but there is a large pulp and paper industry here and it would make sense that the MSM is produced locally but I may be wrong about this. If anything at all, it may be more beneficial to purchase MSM from Canada and import it to the USA. Something to think about. Ian
