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OrganiGram Holdings Inc. (OGI) — this company's answers

The model's full reasoning — Q3 2022 call → NOWe need to determine if the transcript shows the dynamic described. The question asks: when analysts probe a recently emerged positive element of the business (meaningful contribution began within roughly last few quarters), does management respond with unhesitating, granular operational command, answering follow-up questions with specific present-tense working detail, while conveying that the element's contribution is still early? Answer YES if all conditions met. We need to identify a recently emerged positive element. The call discusses several: international sales, SHRED-X vapes, gummies, 4C expansion, etc. But which one is probed by analysts? Let's look at the Q&A. First question from Rupesh Parikh: "So the area I want to touch on is international. So strong results this quarter, commentary very positive on quarter-to-date, what you're seeing there. If you can just remind us of the bigger opportunities you see on the international front going forward. And then how do you think about the margin profile of your international revenue versus the rest of the business?" That's about international. Management responds: "Certainly. And thanks for your question. So to start with, you know that international business is going to just have higher margin because it doesn't have the excise tax that you have on your recreational -- sorry, on the recreational business. So that right away that extra impact, that just flows right through your business. So it's strong margin. It is an important piece of our business, and we'll continue to explore further opportunities. As we mentioned last quarter and probably in the last couple of quarters, we have been really tight on our supply. Our demand was outstripping our supply. And as a result, obviously, we built the expansion to the Moncton facility. With the expansion coming fully online, we're able to turn our focus to expand our customer base outside of our customers. We obviously have a very strong partnership with Canndoc in Israel, Cannatrek in Australia. We added 1 more customer this quarter with Medcan in Australia. And so we'll continue to look at other opportunities. As everyone knows, Europe is starting to look very promising with legalization comments coming from several countries.

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