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Operator
Good morning. My name is Krista, and I'll be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Organigram Holdings first quarter fiscal 2024 earnings conference call. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. We ask that you please limit yourself to one question and one follow-up question. You may you may re-queue if you have any further questions.
Thank you. Max Schwartz, you may begin your conference.
Max Schwartz - Director, IR
Good morning and thank you for joining us today. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded and the recording will be available on Organigram's website 24 hours after today's call. Listeners should be aware that today's call will include estimates and other forward-looking information from which the company's actual results could differ. Please review the cautionary language in our press release dated February 13, 2024, on various factors, assumptions and risks that could cause our actual results to differ.
Further references made to certain non-IFRS measures during this call, including adjusted EBITDA, free cash flow and adjusted gross margin among others. These measures do not have any standardized, meaning under IFRS and are not intended or intended to provide additional information. And as such, not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. Our approach to calculating these measures may differ from other issuers, so these measures may not be directly comparable.
Please see today's earnings report for more information about these measures in this call. References to fiscal 2023 or 13 month period from September 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. Listeners should also be aware that the company relies on reputable third party providers and making certain statements relating to market share data.
Unless otherwise indicated, all references to market data source from high fire in combination with data from we call our provincial boards, retailers and our internal sales figures. Today, we'll be hearing from key members of our senior leadership team beginning with Pinnacle's and Burke, Chief Executive Officer, who will provide opening remarks and commentary followed by Greg Guyatt Chief Financial Officer, who will review our quarterly financial results for Q1 fiscal 2024. Also joining us for the question and answer segment is team member of Chief Commercial Officer.
As a reminder to our analysts and institutional investors on the call today, we are pleased to invite you to join us at our Investor Day at our Moncton New Brunswick facility on the evening of April night for dinner in the morning of April 10th, where we will offer a tour of our flagship facility and showcase our science-backed product development pipeline and more. If you have not yet received an invitation or would like more information about the event, please contact me via e-mail Lane will address can only be found at the bottom of our press releases.
I will now introduce Beena Goldenberg, Chief Executive Officer of Organigram Holdings, Inc., please go ahead, Ms. Goldenberg.
Beena Goldenberg - CEO
Thank you, Max. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining our call today and for your continued support of Organigram. Throughout fiscal 2023, with the dedication of our 1,000 employees across three facilities and our corporate head office. We demonstrated record-breaking international sales for the Company, introduced award-winning product, completed extensive efficiency, driving CapEx projects and expanded our market share in key growth categories reaching the number two spot among LPs, all while maintaining our negligible debt position.
We then started fiscal 2024 off on a strong footing, securing the $124.6 million strategic investment from our dedicated partner BAP at a premium of over 100% to Organigram share price at the time of announcement. With this transformational deal now formally approved by shareholders and the first tranche of $41.5 million now closed. Organigram will focus on delivering on its objective of being the global cannabis leader, driven by geographic and product expansion backed by industry leading innovation.
Two thirds of the $124.6 million investment will be used by Organigram to create a strategic investment tool named Jupiter. Jupiter will target investments in emerging cannabis opportunities internationally that will enable Organigram to apply its industry leading capabilities in products, brands and cultivation to new markets. We have identified geographic expansion as a strategic priority, and this opportunity presents the company with the capital to late global foundations as emerging cannabis markets continues to see significant growth we have seen tremendous interest from cannabis companies looking for partnership opportunities and growth capital for Organigram is now uniquely positioned to take advantage of these opportunities.
Organigram continues to differentiate itself as a leader with its flagship facility in Moncton, which we believe is the largest indoor cannabis facility of its kind. With over 113 microclimate three-tiered programs and in-house lab testing, we can grow and test a multitude of cultivars and dial in their growing conditions without interrupting the growth cycles of our other popular strains.
Our facility's unique characteristics recently enhanced by most of our $29 million in efficiency driving CapEx projects completed last year presents several other advantages. Demand for flower in the international markets is growing as the competition for these markets, which makes providing novel and stable cultivars a priority.
Organigram has the capability to quickly trial and test unique cultivars in controlled environments, allowing us to tailor our production to address the needs of key international partners. We recently completed our first shipment to Germany, and we anticipate our first UK bounce flower to ship out in the near term and we are also negotiating with additional partners in other jurisdictions.
Organigram position as a key export partner to cannabis distributors abroad is expected to be further enhanced by the EU-GMP certification at the Mountain facility, which is expected later this year, subject to the successful completion of an audit. Organigram has also began transitioning part of its guarding to seed base production fee-based production is the preferred method in mature agricultural markets as it produces more robust plans and is cheaper and faster to conduct on a large scale. We began this process in December 2023, and we'll provide updates on our progress in subsequent quarters.
Market is also home to the centre of excellence, the dedicated research and development facility, where BAT and Organigram collaborate on product development and scientific research. In December 2023, Organigram was successful in validating molecular markers for powering mildew resistance and validated assays related to terpene synthesis. Furthermore, pharmacokinetic studies relating to National Multiple digestible formulas are now complete with results currently being compiled and analyzed. This will allow us to quantify the onset time and peak cannabinoid levels in the blood so we can substantiate these claims with consumers.
Our R&D capabilities are beginning to more rapidly translate to technical know-how that is expected to provide Organigram with competitive advantages for years to come, spending spanning from more robust plans to better consumer experiences backed by science to rigorous testing protocols.
Now, while American facility can supply our domestic and international markets with an annual capacity of approximately 19,000 kilograms per year. Our facilities in Winnipeg and LAC-superior are also key elements of our ongoing success. Our dedicated edibles facility in Winnipeg is capable of producing over 4 million gummies per month, supporting organic position at quarter end as the number two edibles producer in Canada with over 18% market share and the number one pure CBD edibles producer with almost two-thirds of the market share in this segment.
We are also very excited to introduce our nanotechnology gummies to the market by the fall of 2024. Our newly expanded craft cannabis and trash facility in LAC-Superior has now completed for craft harvest, and the facility is producing approximately 2 million units of hash annually. According to internal models, cross-referenced with figures from BDSA. Organigram is the largest legal hash producer in the world and command over 20% of the hash market in Canada as of the end of Q1.
And in keeping with our core strength of innovation, we are pleased that our first to market risk strip cash innovation is performing well in the market and that we have successfully grown the cash category by bringing in new users with this flavourful and easy-to-use format with our three facilities now fully expanded and equipped with substantial automation capabilities. Organigram is poised to more aggressively compete in the ready to consume product category as consumers are displaying a clear preference today for convenience and quality. In Q1 fiscal 2024, ready to consume products made up 46.5% of sales compared to 37% in the same period last year.
In Q1 2024 Organigram produced and sold over [8 million] prelaunch. If you were to line up all these approvals end to end, they would stand a distance of approximately 780 kilometres. So essentially, we could light up a path from Toronto to New York City. The investments we made in our pre-roll processes in fiscal 2023 and the ensuing ramp-up have led to a 38% increase in tube style pre-roll production run rate, 100% improvement in packaging throughput and 150% improvement in the rate that we produce our shred heavy,
Our ability to consistently compete in a difficult cannabis landscape is a testament to Organigram's unwavering dedication to its consumer and craft. In fiscal Q1 2024 Organigram was a top three LP in all major categories, excluding Bass and then top five LP in market rich shares in all regions across Canada. We began the quarter in the number two position among LPs with a 6.7% market share and maintain this position while growing our market share to 7.3% in December.
As of the end of Q1, Organigram maintained the number two market position among LPs for five consecutive months. And in December 2023, we had our strongest month ever with $33.5 million in retail sales, driven by consumer receptiveness to innovation to step into style, provable infused pre-rolls and gummies. The reintroduction of jolts with a large contributing factor to our success in the quarter as well with $2.9 million in ship sales in Q1.
One of our key domestic areas of focus for fiscal 2024 will be to increase our share of the vape category, which we believe will unlock market share gains. In support of this goal, Organigram has recently launched its new vaporization hardware resulting from its strategic investment in green tank, which is anticipated to increase labour performance and potency per path while decreasing fogging a major consumer pain point. Looking at our earnings for the quarter, which Greg will expand on shortly.
We are pleased to deliver adjusted gross margins, which returned to our previously reported levels. We also delivered positive adjusted EBITDA and cash flow from operations of $7.7 million. Contributing to these improvements were our growth in the premium category and the reintroduction of Edison JOLTS to the market as we focus on driving domestic and international market share gains through continued innovation and expansion into base refining our product and geographic mix and reaping the benefits from increased automation in our facilities. We expect our margins to demonstrate more stability in fiscal '24 compared to fiscal '23. On a year-over-year basis, we expect both revenue and incremental margin growth.
I will now hand the call over to Greg to review our financial performance for the quarter.
Greg Guyatt - CFO
Thank you, Beena. It's a pleasure to be here today as a new member of the Organigram team. I've been involved in the cannabis industry for many years now. And I've watched Organigram growth leadership position in Canada. So I'm very pleased to join this incredibly focused and disciplined team and particularly pleased to join at such a pivotal time in the company's evolution.
As Beena mentioned, we started off the quarter achieving positive adjusted EBITDA and positive cash flow from operations, demonstrating our investments in automation and our commitment to long-term efficiencies are beginning to pay off.
Q1 fiscal 2024 growth and net revenue decreased by 8% and 16%, respectively. Primarily due to net decreases in international revenue of $4.8 million and medical sales of $1 million when compared to Q1 fiscal 2023. Organigram cost of sales in Q1, fiscal 2024 was $27.3 million compared to $31.6 million in Q1 fiscal 2023, representing a decrease of 14%. The decrease in cost of sales over the same period. The same prior year period was primarily due to lower medical and international sales and lower cultivation and post-harvest costs.
Included in Q1 fiscal 2024 as cost of sales were $1.7 million of inventory provisions that primarily related to net realizable value adjustments of inventories. We harvested approximately 20,000 kilograms of flower during Q1 fiscal 2024 compared to about 22,000 kilograms in Q1 fiscal 2023, which represents a decrease of 11% The decrease was primarily attributable to changes in our culture of our mix to address changing consumer preferences.
While yields and THC content will fluctuate over time, the trend we have seen over the last two years has been larger yield and higher potency. In Q1, Organigram experienced a 53% increase in flower produced containing more than 24% THC. Anticipated higher yields should reduce the cost of cultivation in the long run as this flower sold, we expect to achieve a higher gross margin rate.
In Q1 fiscal 2024 adjusted gross margin increased to 31% for $11.2 million, up from 30% or $12.8 million in Q1 fiscal 2023. The increase in the adjusted gross margin rate was primarily due to lower cultivation and post-harvest cost, lower depreciation expense and resumed sales of Edison JOLT product, partially offset by lower international sales as Beena mentioned in comparison to Q4 of fiscal 2024, where adjusted gross margin was 17%. We achieved a marked improvement in adjusted gross margin in Q1.
In Q1 SG&A increased to $16.7 million compared to $15.7 million in Q1 fiscal 2023 or an increase of 7%. The increase in expenses mainly relates to foreign exchange losses on foreign currency denominated receivables as the Canadian dollar weakened during Q1 fiscal 2023. And strengthened in Q1 fiscal 2024 and higher professional fees, primarily related to product Jupiter. These are partially offset by lower depreciation resulting from impairment charges recorded in fiscal year 2023.
We are pleased to report that in the quarter, we returned to positive adjusted EBITDA of [$136,000] compared to Q4 fiscal 2023 adjusted EBITDA of negative $2.4 million, representing an increase of $2.5 million. We anticipate adjusted EBITDA to exceed fiscal 2023 adjusted EBITDA.
Net loss for Q1 fiscal 2024 was $15.8 million compared to net income of $5.3 million in the same prior period. The increase in net loss from the comparative period was primarily due to a lower gross margin resulting from a reduction in the gain on fair value of biological assets.
From a statement of cash flow perspective, net cash provided by operating activities was $7.7 million in Q1 fiscal 2024 compared to $3.5 million in the prior year period. The increase in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to a return to historical working capital level after a planned reduction in accounts payable in advance of our ERP go-live.
Cash provided by investing activities in Q1 was $0.4 million compared to cash used of $1.7 million in Q1 fiscal 2023. The increase compared to the prior year period was primarily due to higher purchases of property, plant and equipment of $8.4 million in Q1 fiscal 2023, partially offset by proceeds from the net redemption of short term investments of $5.1 million.
We are pleased to state that we have one of the healthiest balance sheets in the [space]. As of December 31, 2023, we had total a total cash position of $54.6 million, including both restricted and unrestricted cash. This does not include the $41.5 million we received from BAT in January by way of reminder, half of the $41.5 million tranche will be allocated to Organigram operating cash in Q2 fiscal 2024, while the other half will be allocated to project, Jupiter.
Overall, we are pleased with our results for the quarter, which saw Organigram once again deliver positive adjusted EBITDA and improved adjusted gross margins. While the company expects to continue to report growth in year-over-year adjusted EBITDA periods when the company achieves significant increases to sales may result in increases to receivables, which could negatively impact cash from operating activities.
This concludes my comments. I will now turn the call back to Beena.
Beena Goldenberg - CEO
Thanks, Greg. Has been the case, historically, Organigram will continue to drive growth and shareholder value through an industry-leading focus on innovation and the integration of new technologies that provide sustainable competitive advantages for the company and differentiated experiences for consumers at home and abroad.
We also continue to leverage our leadership position in the industry to advocate for much-needed reform in the sector. That will not that will not only level the playing field for all companies, but also support the development and growth of a sustainable industry in the long term. We believe that the cannabis industry in Canada has begun to reach an inflection point that will remove supply from the market and accelerate consolidation. Companies engaging in TC inflation could have judiciously enjoy temporary competitive advantages to artificially inflating their label [Pc] content are facing more pressure as Health Canada and the OCS have announced random THC testing protocols.
We have also seen the CRA begin to garnish companies who are in arrears on their excise taxes, and many companies are already stretching their payables to preserve cash as capital markets have dried up and increased enforcement, removes unfair advantages and penalizes those who don't contribute to the health of our sector. The Canadian market will experience a shakeout as this materializes. Organigram stands to cement itself as a long-term industry leader owing to its strong balance sheet, increasing production efficiency, industry-leading R&D, and really an invigorated focus on international expansion supported by project Jupiter.
Once again, we thank you for joining us today and for your continued support of Organigram during a very exciting time for the company and we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at our Investor Day in April. And should you have any questions, please feel free to contact max. Thank you and I will now open the call for questions.
Operator
(Operator Instructions)
Aaron Grey, Alliance Global Partners
Aaron Grey - Analyst
Hi, good morning and thank you very much for the questions. Nice to see the gross margin improvement during the quarter along with and the other two. Tim, you had quickly on the gross margin, right. So a nice uptick in the quarter. You talked about some of the leverage that participated to that. So when you think about lower post harvest costs, depreciation along with some of the mix with withdrawal, what would have been the biggest contributor? You know, sequentially it looks like if you back into some of the P&L might have been depreciation which could also offer further color there would be greatly appreciated.
And then on the go forward and how do we think about mix contributing to the margin, particularly as you think about base know, historically, it's been on the more tougher format to be profitable. And so if you could offer any context of how you're thinking about margin and mix as you look to increase your share in big. Thanks.
Beena Goldenberg - CEO
Perfect. Thank you, Aaron, for the question. I'll pass the first part of the question over to Greg to talk about the gross margin, and then we'll take on the mix part of the question. So go ahead, Greg.
Greg Guyatt - CFO
Sure. Thanks, Beena. So I think being I well, first of all, we believe we've set ourselves up to drive higher margins throughout 2024 and beyond. And really, as you mentioned, it's an increasing production efficiencies from continuing to dial in our automated processes such as around our pre-roll production. And we're going to see expected eventual savings and higher yield related to the fee-based transaction as well. And we're also going to see a contribution power at Laurentian ultimately as well.
And on the international side, it's really going to be driven by EUGMP, which will help improve our margins on that front also contributing. We'll have some new innovation, as we mentioned before around the nano-emulsion and further expansion and debates. So others that I think that those factors will continue to drive margin improvements as we get through the rest of the year. Beena.
Beena Goldenberg - CEO
Okay, great. Thanks, Greg. And just building on what Greg said. So when you ask [Darren] about them and while innovate has been a competitive market in the past for us, that's the big opportunity for improved mix because we're competing and the flowers it has the slimmest of margins. And so this is a great opportunity for us. And totally incremental. We're not cannibalize existing business. We come in with products that is differentiated and with our growth, think about investment and being in the vaporization technology.
So we're very excited about what that could contribute But, as I mentioned in the script and at the end of the day, our ready to consume products are growing and that's what's driving the growth in the category versus just flower, right. It's all about convenience as consumers are looking for. So as we convert from flower pre-rolls, as we convert people from pre-rolls to-date into gummies, to some of the derivatives. That's the mix that's going to improve our domestic recreational business and then obviously the impact of international sales.
And we had a low Internet sales in this quarter. And we expect to have a growing international sales as we look out, especially as a result of adding the EGMP benefit that we expect to have sometime this summer. So at the end of the day, that's what's going to drive our improvement. We're still very proud of our flower category, but the category overall industry is changing and ready to consume is becoming a bigger part of it. And we're participating in and both gummies infused pre-rolls and pre-rolls in a big way.
Aaron Grey - Analyst
Thank you. Really appreciate that colour. From both Greg and Beena a second question for me. In the afternoons, we've talked about the need for a shakeout been you talked about in your prepared remarks, one of the issues that you had called out a few quarters ago as being upgraded in terms of THC inflation and other some safety testing protocols that you mentioned on paying taxes or something that was known about in the industry and you also called out how those might be being cut down as well.
And basically, it seems that you might have had that you had somewhat of a different tone in terms of a shakeout maybe being more on the doorstep than maybe we had seen in the past. Anymore colour you can offer in terms of what you might be seeing incrementally mentioned in the prepared remarks to why we might see more of a shakeout in the industry in 2024 than what we might have expected to see in past years, but didn't quite comfort portion. Thank you.
Beena Goldenberg - CEO
Yes. No problem. So absolutely. We were a big as we talked a lot about TC inflation and I'm not sure we've seen the full impact of the benefit of both [DOCS] random testing and Health Canada of testing because we still see, you know, THC inflation is alive and well out in the market, we actually see that flower over 25%. THC has been up versus last year and now represents 77% of all flower sales where a year ago it was and up 42%, so was 42% of the flower. So we are seeing continued higher THC and we are still seeing branding testing showing that there are several players out there continuing to identify.
There are THC flower has higher potency than it really is. But we expect this is going to somehow start to stop as testing continues and the boards are challenging. We've heard anecdotally some boards are pushing back on over 30% flower and asking for secondary testing. So that's it that is going to take time to kind of happen through the industry, but we're excited to see that starting to be addressed. But why do I think we get that consolidation or the shakeout is going to happen and I think it's in the next 12 months.
And that's because we've been watching very carefully the cash of different companies when the debt is due that how people are stretching their payables and what was giving some of these players in the industry and more runway with the ability to not pay their excise taxes this really wasn't a fair playing field. Do you know company like Organigram pages are excise taxes on time, but but you know, there were stores up to 80% of cannabis companies out there were not paying their excise taxes on time or in some cases not paying them at all. And what is new news. And we saw a little bit of this last year where the CRA went in to a couple of LPs last year.
And I couldn't see any hope of getting their excise duties repaid and close them down. But what's really the new news that we start to hear at the start of this calendar year is that the CRA has started to ask the provinces to garnish their payments to the LPs so that for their amounts owing in arrears, excise taxes, what this means is companies that were planning to leverage that money aren't going to have that opportunity going forward.
I think this is going to be the real change that we're going to see in the next six to 12 months where that with that cash not being available. And of course, the boards aren't happy about having to do this work and might even choose to stop ordering as much from those LPs. I think this is going to be the dynamic change that accelerates that shakeout. And then we all talked about the fact that it needs to happen were too fragmented an industry. So we're proud to be the number two LP, but you know, with 7.3% market share at the end of December, but still a very small market share compared to what a normal mature category would have. So this is necessary and we do think it's coming.
Aaron Grey - Analyst
Thank you very helpful colour there on your view of the market. So really appreciate and I'll jump back in the queue.
Beena Goldenberg - CEO
Thank you.
Operator
Federico Gomes, ATB Capital Markets Inc.
Federico Gomes - Analyst
Hi, good morning and thank you for taking my questions. And my first question is just on your first shipment to Germany. I'm just curious about your expectations for that market, given the potential vote happening soon there in terms of legalization and also in terms of your EU-GMP certification, and can you just maybe provide a little bit more color on exactly how does that impact your international exports? Thank you.
Beena Goldenberg - CEO
Sure, so first about our German shipments, so we had announced the agreement with the Santander Group a while ago and as we work through the appropriate stability, testing and regulatory requirements and we're excited that we finally got our first shipment out into the German market. And as you said, with the and recent ruling that says they're going to remove cannabis from the narcotics and identify this narcotic and it will open up the medical market as anticipated on the conservative side that the medical market will grow two to three times this year.
So we're very excited about the opportunity to increase our shipments to our partner now in Germany. And so yes, and Germany might not be as exciting as it was about a year ago when everybody thought it was coming. But you know, just like Canada evolves, we're going to get into a growing medical market first, and they're testing pilot facilities and pilots on rack, and we'll see where that goes, but we're still very interested in the German market as a result of that.
And then your second question around our EU-GMP facility at EU-GMP certification. So we have gone through the work to get ourselves ready for the audit and how it works with an EU-GMP certification is you have to get somebody over from and European jurisdiction to come in and do the audit. So it's a little bit difficult to confirm exactly when that will be scheduled. But we've done our homework. We believe we'll audit ready and are just waiting for that for that auditor to come over.
What this will mean to us once we get certified is that instead of having to move our [GACP] flower through a facility such as in Portugal or am one of these converters, you would then package it up and available for and European market we'd be able to ship directly in the case of Australia, having GMP would allow us to package our product and ship it to Australia rather than selling bulk products and both of these cases, it will be higher margin business for us without requiring a middleman touching the product. So we're very excited about opening up more markets available to us with the EU-GMP and the ability take out the middleman by shipping direct.
Federico Gomes - Analyst
Thank you for the colour. That's great. I think you've been so. And my next question is just I think the US market, you have always said that you're looking at it and you think I know the potential long-term opportunity. We recently saw a competitor of yours that appears to be approaching a structured debt, it would be compliant with Nasdaq to get no plant-touching exposure there. So I'm just curious if you would consider pursuing something similar, how do you look at it, given that you're also not that listed? Thank you.
Max Schwartz - Director, IR
Yes. Thanks, Fred. So first of all, we did our first investment in the US last year in May when we invested in Filos Bioscience. And so we did take some time to figure out how to set up the structure in a way that would be obviously compliant with our Nasdaq and TSX listing and at the same time, have some benefit to our organization. And that's where we were able to access the high concentration of THC flower as well as the [FCC] to allow us to move into C-BASS production.
So it was an investment in the US and although you can't consolidate it was there was benefit to our existing business and so we look at the US for sure, with project Jupiter and as well as other emerging markets. But the US will be a focus. And I can comfortably say that we've received many inbounds. There's a high interest because there's a lot of companies that are capital constrained. So we're actively looking and we are going to explore any of these if tested instruments that we've seen other people use around how to get a compliant structure.
But at the end of the day, look, we're looking at several verticals. So we're looking at and investing in MSOs, SSOs or even brand plays. We recognize recognize those are more difficult to structure, and they both will probably take us a little bit longer where we expect that that will be an easier approach in the short term would be IP focused opportunities and hemp derived THC claims that we could consolidate and that could have a direct impact on us.
So we're already in as conversations today with certain companies, and we're excited about the opportunity. But again, we'll watch how other companies structure, compliantly and learn from that. We don't have to reinvent the wheel and we're excited about these opportunities going forward.
Federico Gomes - Analyst
Thank you very much.
Operator
(Operator Instructions)
Yewon Kang, Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.
Yewon Kang - Analyst
Hi there. Good morning, and thank you for taking my question. [Mr. Tian came off from Matt Bottomley] on. So I just wanted to ask a question about the international strategic investment arm that you guys are trying to set up right now. Wanted to ask those initial expectations in terms of where you guys wanted to deploy that capital has changed at all in the past few months on just because you know one of your peers recently announced that they're going to be acquiring a medical cannabis company in Australia, and this has been a market that has been ramping up quite a bit and seems that a lot of Canadian LPs are taking interest in that market. So just wanted to see if on if any of the expectations have kind of gone away from US-focused into more international focus. Thanks.
Beena Goldenberg - CEO
Thank you for your question. So you know, when we've announced when we originally announced Project Jupiter, we did say that we would have a strong focus on the US, but we also left room for international markets. And you know, we are interested in exploring markets like Germany and markets like Australia. Obviously, we ship our export business to both Australia, and we've just shipped to Germany and where we expect to actually ship any time now to the UK.
So there are other markets that are interesting and those markets will allow us to have a more direct impact on our business versus the US. And so there's going to be a balancing approach we will do some investments with some of those other markets, and we'll see what are the best opportunities for us that meets our long-term strategic goals, but a good chunk of the Jupiter investment will happen in the US because that is an opportunity for the future that we want to set ourselves up for. So and yes, we'll look at Australia and we'll look at Germany and we'll see what the right opportunities are and hopefully we'll have news to share in the next few months.
Yewon Kang - Analyst
Thank you for the color I'll jump back into the queue.
Operator
And we have no further questions in our queue at this time. I will now turn the call back to management for closing remarks.
Beena Goldenberg - CEO
Well, thank you everybody, for joining the call today. And as I can tell, there's a lot of interest in our next steps on our Jupiter investment pool, and we're equally excited about this next stage of Organigram evolution, and we continue to be proud of the work we do every day in the domestic market in Canada.
So with that, I'll close out today's call and look forward to updating you soon on our second quarter. And as a reminder, please come up to see our facility and come join us on our Investor Day in April. Thank you again for joining.
Operator
This concludes today's conference call. Thank you for your participation, and you may now disconnect.