AreaCanada

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityBarley and Wheat

Date01/04/2012

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentExport subsidies

DescriptionIntroduced subsidies to grain handlers for the shipment of grain through the Arctic port, Churchill, in order to lose wheat  and barley after the end of Canadian Wheat Board (CBW) monopoly. The government will offer incentives of CAD 25 million (USD 25.1 million) over the next five years.