Weed Week: Domestic cannabis players set to benefit from new export laws

The federal government is set to make it easier for local hemp and medicinal cannabis companies to export their wares.

Medicinal cannabis exports were first approved by The Office of Drug Control back in February 2018.

But according to an AAP news report, Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has introduced broader legislation to parliament that aims to certify the export of narcotic goods, including hemp and medical cannabis.

Littleproud told parliament that the proposed new law is part of a broader move to cut red tape and help boost Australia’s agriculture exports once the COVID-19 threat has passed.

“This bill allow the growth of export markets for hemp and medicinal cannabis industries,” he said.

It follows some more good regulatoary news in late April, when the Therapeutic Drug Administration (TGA) announced it would take submissions (until May 22) regarding the introduction of over-the-counter sales of CBD products in Aussie pharmacies.

Turning to the local market, and it was a mixed bag this week for the cohort of ASX-listed cannabis stocks tracked by Stockhead.

That performance reflected that of the broader market, in what has been a cautious month of May so far following the April rebound.

Of the 32 stocks on this list with either cannabis or cannabis-adjacent business models, there were 14 winners and 16 losers, while three stocks traded flat.

While the current price action is a step up from the 2019 cannabis bear market, it’s cooled off from the April rally when well over 20 stocks on the list were posting weekly gains.

Below is a summary of weekly and annual price performance for ASX-listed cannabis stocks.

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Code	Name	Price ($)	1Y Tot Ret	1W Tot Ret	Market Cap
DTZ	DOTZ NANO LTD	0.068	7.9%	51.1%	$19.2M
SCU	STEMCELL UNITED LTD	0.013	-23.5%	30.0%	$8.3M
YPB	YPB GROUP LTD	0.003	-50.0%	14.3%	$5.1M
CAN	CANN GROUP LTD	0.955	-53.0%	13.5%	$151.8M
ROO	ROOTS SUSTAINABLE AGRICU-CDI	0.023	-72.2%	10.0%	$3.1M
THC	THC GLOBAL GROUP LTD	0.315	-23.3%	8.2%	$42.2M
CPH	CRESO PHARMA LTD	0.077	-84.4%	7.6%	$16.0M
MRG	MURRAY RIVER ORGANICS GROUP	0.015	-65.9%	7.1%	$37.5M
SUD	SUDA PHARMACEUTICALS LTD	0.047	-47.4%	6.4%	$6.5M
BDA	BOD AUSTRALIA LTD	0.325	22.6%	4.8%	$26.5M
WOA	WIDE OPEN AGRICULTURE LTD	0.14	0.0%	3.7%	$9.9M
ECS	ECS BOTANICS HOLDINGS LTD	0.031	-67.0%	3.1%	$16.2M
AGH	ALTHEA GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	0.385	-28.4%	2.6%	$95.7M
ZLD	ZELIRA THERAPEUTICS LTD	0.047	-2.2%	2.3%	$44.7M
CGB	CANN GLOBAL	0.007	0.0%	-75.8%	$14.7M
EOF	ECOFIBRE LTD	2.81	47.5%	0.4%	$913.4M
EVE	EVE INVESTMENTS LTD	0.006	0.0%	0.0%	$18.6M
PAL	PALLA PHARMA LTD	0.675	-38.9%	-2.1%	$85.6M
BOT	BOTANIX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD	0.042	-60.0%	-2.3%	$42.8M
LSH	LIFESPOT HEALTH LTD	0.031	-49.2%	-3.1%	$2.9M
IDT	IDT AUSTRALIA LTD	0.145	-3.3%	-3.3%	$35.9M
MXC	MGC PHARMACEUTICALS LTD	0.025	-54.4%	-3.7%	$41.0M
IHL	IMPRESSION HEALTHCARE LTD	0.051	127.3%	-3.8%	$36.5M
MMJ	MMJ GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	0.12	-51.1%	-4.2%	$27.6M
MDC	MEDLAB CLINICAL LTD	0.22	-46.4%	-4.3%	$51.3M
CAU	CRONOS AUSTRALIA LTD	0.1	-80.0%	-4.8%	$12.7M
EXL	ELIXINOL GLOBAL LTD	0.27	-92.2%	-5.2%	$65.5M
RGI	ROTO-GRO INTERNATIONAL LTD	0.067	-65.8%	-7.1%	$9.7M
CP1	CANNPAL ANIMAL THERAPEUTICS	0.088	-45.0%	-7.4%	$8.2M
RNO	RHINOMED LTD	0.073	-68.9%	-7.6%	$13.5M
AC8	AUSCANN GROUP HOLDINGS LTD	0.175	-53.4%	-8.1%	$53.9M
APH	AUSTRALIAN PRIMARY HEMP LTD	0.13	-40.9%	-10.3%	$9.8M
ESE	ESENSE-LAB LTD-CDI	0.009	-61.9%	-11.1%	$1.7M

Leading the pack this week was cannabis-adjacent stock Dotz Nano (ASX:DTZ). The company manufactures non-toxic markers used in logistics tracking, which can also be embedded into cannabis plants.

However, Dotz’s bounce off its recent lows this week wasn’t cannabis related. Rather, the company announced a $1.5m deal to apply its ValiDotz security marker technology on up to 100 million medical face masks, to be sold via distribution channels through China and South Africa.