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CUSMA: Industrial Cheeses TRQ – Serial No. 1080

Date: May 16, 2022

This Notice replaces Notice to Importers No. 1031 dated October 1, 2020 and sets out the policies and practices pertaining to the administration of Canada’s tariff rate quota (TRQ) for industrial cheese under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).

This Notice is provided pursuant to the authority of the Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA) and its corresponding regulations, and remains in effect until further notice.

Table of contents

  1. Definitions
  2. Allocation policy
  3. Eligibility criteria
  4. Calculation of allocations
  5. Transfer, return and under-utilization of allocations
  6. Related links

1. Definitions

Industrial cheeses means a product that is used as an ingredient for further processing (secondary manufacturing) imported in bulk (not for retail sale) and that is included in Items 141 to 157 on the Import Control List (ICL), namely cheese falling under tariff item Nos. 0406.10.10, 0406.20.11, 0406.20.91, 0406.30.10, 0406.40.10, 0406.90.11, 0406.90.21, 0406.90.31, 0406.90.41, 0406.90.51, 0406.90.61, 0406.90.71, 0406.90.81, 0406.90.91, 0406.90.93, 0406.90.95, and 0406.90.98 in the list of tariff provisions set out in the Schedule to the Customs Tariff.

See the List of EIPA commodity codes for industrial cheeses.

2. Allocation policy

3. Eligibility criteria

You are eligible for an allocation if you are a:

Processor:

Further Processor:

Distributor:

4. Calculation of allocations

The Minister will allocate 100% of the TRQ to processors, further processors and distributors on a market share basis as follows:

5. Transfer, return and under-utilization of allocations

6. Related links

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