Actually 5 pounds (US) is 2.267 kilograms, or 2267 grams. Your math is a bit
off on the weight conversion.

Jim Wright
  -----Original Message-----
  From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
  Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 1:04 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