Message to industry – Opening of the application period for the 2026-2027 dairy year tariff rate quotas (TRQs)

Global Affairs Canada has opened the application period for the 2026-2027 dairy year tariff rate quotas (TRQs), starting May 1, 2026, and with a deadline of June 15, 2026.

Further to Message to industry – Opening of the application period for the 2026 calendar year TRQs and new notices to importers for the CPTPP dairy TRQs, Canada has made further technical policy changes for all CPTPP dairy TRQs, which will be applicable to the 2026-2027 dairy year.

The technical policy changes for the CPTPP dairy TRQs include:

• moving the return date to May 1 (from August 1) for calendar year TRQs and to December 1 (from March 1) for dairy year TRQs;
• establishing a processing timeframe for the reallocation of returns;
• introducing a chronic return penalty;
• undertaking greater scrutiny of certain allocation transfer requests (see section 5.1 of the General information page);
• introducing an underfill mechanism for TRQs that exhibit a utilization rate of less than 60% for three consecutive years (see section 6 of the General information page); and
• publishing additional aggregate TRQ data and TRQ utilization by CPTPP Party.

There are no changes to existing ministerial allocation policies for the 2026-2027 dairy year TRQs under the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).

The current notices and all application forms can be found on the supply-managed TRQs webpage.

The notices should be read in conjunction with the General information on the administration of TRQs for supply-managed products and the Key dates and access quantities 2026-2027: TRQs for supply-managed products.

All TRQ applications should be submitted electronically. The email address to which you must submit your application is provided on each application form and on our Contact us page.