AreaCanada

Commodity GroupMilk and dairy products

CommodityCheese

Date01/08/2017

Policy CategoryTrade

Policy InstrumentTariff rate quota

DescriptionAnnounced a new tariff rate quota (TRQ) administration policy applicable to the 16 000 metric tonnes (MT) of cheese that will be allowed to be imported under the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Of the total TRQ, 60 percent will be allocated to small and medium-sized enterprises with the remaining 40 percent allocated to large companies. In both cases, 50 percent will be allocated to manufacturers and the balance to distributers and retailers. The 1 700 MT of bulk EU industrial cheese TRQ will be allocated entirely to manufacturers of further processed food products.