CPTPP: Other Dairy TRQ - Serial No. 1148

Date: October 1, 2025

This Notice replaces Notice to Importers No. 1124 dated May 1, 2024, and sets out the policies and practices pertaining to the administration of Canada’s tariff rate quota (TRQ) for other dairy under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

This Notice is provided pursuant to the authority of the Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA) and its corresponding regulations and should be read in conjunction with the General information on the administration of TRQs for supply-managed products. It remains in effect until further notice.

Definitions
Allocation policy
Eligibility criteria
Calculation of allocations
Transfer, return and under-utilization of allocations
Related links

1. Definitions

1.1 Other dairy means a product that is included in Items 121, 126, 127, 128, 128.1, 129, 131, 140 and 158.1 of the Import Control List (ICL) falling under tariff item Nos. 0403.20.21, 1517.90.21, 1901.20.11, 1901.20.21, 1901.90.33, 1901.90.53, 2106.90.31, 2106.90.33, 2106.90.93 and 2309.90.31 in the list of tariff provisions set out in the Schedule to the Customs Tariff.

See the List of EIPA commodity codes for other dairy.

2. Allocation policy

2.1 To be eligible, you must be active in the Canadian other dairy industry at the time of application, and must remain active regularly during the quota year.

2.1.1 You must, in addition, have been active regularly in the other dairy industry during the reference period.

2.2 Individual applicants and related persons applicants are eligible for only one allocation.

2.2.1 All applicants must provide a list of related persons.
2.2.2 In the case of separate applications from related persons involving a parent company and one or more subsidiaries, only the application nominated by the parent company is considered.

2.3 You must specify in your application the minimum quantity of quota you will accept. If your calculated allocation is less than 20,000 kg, you are issued an allocation only if the quantity you have specified in your application is equal to or lower than your calculated allocation.

2.4 You must specify in your application a quantity requested. If your calculated allocation is more than the quantity requested in your application, you are issued an allocation up to the amount you specified.

3. Eligibility criteria

You are eligible for an allocation if you are a:

3.1 Processor: that manufactures other dairy in your own provincially-licensed or federally-registered facility.

3.2 Further processor: that uses other dairy in your manufacturing operations and product formulation.

3.3 Distributor: that buys other dairy and re-sells it to other businesses.

3.3.1 Companies that procure or sell other dairy on behalf of others without taking ownership of or financial responsibility for the product are not eligible to apply for an allocation.
3.3.2 Retailers are not eligible to apply for an allocation. A retailer is an establishment that is primarily engaged in retailing food, and which buys other dairy and sells it directly to final consumers.

4. Calculation of allocations

The Minister will allocate the TRQ to processors, further processors and distributors on a market share basis, considering the quantities requested by each eligible applicant, as follows:

4.1 Processors: based on the kilograms of other dairy manufactured by the processor during the reference period.

4.2 Further processors: based on the kilograms of other dairy used by the further processor, in the manufacturing of further processed food products during the reference period.

4.3 Distributors: based on the kilograms of other dairy sold by the distributor during the reference period.

4.3.1 You must exclude the following products from your application:
- products sold to other distributors;
- products sold to related persons; and
- products sold at the retail level to consumers.

4.4 Should 100% of the TRQ not be allocated during the initial allocation process (i.e. no eligible applicants or the quantity requested by all eligible applicants is less than the total quantity of TRQ), all remaining quantities will be made available for allocation on the department’s website. The eligibility criteria for the allocation of any available quantities continues to apply, with volumes being allocated on an on-demand basis.

5. Transfer, return and under-utilization of allocations

5.1 If you wish to transfer any portion of your allocation, you must submit a transfer request form.

5.2 You may return any portion of your allocation to the department in writing by the prescribed return date.

5.2.1 Returned quantities will be made available within two business days after the return date to eligible allocation holders, who have not returned any portion of their allocation, on a market share basis, if the quantity requested exceeds the quantity available. If the quantity requested is less than the quantities available, the reallocation will be done on an on-demand basis. Reallocated quantities will be issued to eligible allocation holders within 14 days of the return date.

5.3 If you return 30% or more of your allocation for two consecutive years, your allocation in the following year will be reduced by the average amount of quota returned over those two years.

5.3.1 This provision does not apply to allocation holders who received an allocation less than 20,000 kg.

5.4 If you use less than 95% of your allocation in one year, you will normally have your initial allocation adjusted downward by an under-utilization penalty in the following year.

5.4.1 Any portion of your allocation that you transfer or return in accordance with the present policy is considered to have been used.

6. Related links

Date modified:: 2026-09-29

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