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RESTRICTED
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE
M u l t i l a t e r a l Trade Nego t i a t i ons O r i g i n a l : Engl i sh
Grcu-> " A g r i c u l t u r e " Sub-Group on Dairy Products
IMFOH? AND/OR EXPORT REGIME TIT RESPECT OF CHEESE
Cane-da
In reply to the suggestion made in the proposal concerning the future work of the Sub-Grcup circulated as document MTN/DP/w/21, the information reproduced below has been received from the Canadian delegation.
Any information communicated to the secretariat subsequently will be published in addenda to the present document.
SECTION I
Custons Tariff as it Relates tc Cheese
Tariff item
1700-1
1700-2
Description
Choose
Cheddar cheese
British preferential
tariff
3 //lb.
3 //lb.
M.f.n. tariff
3i //lb.
3 //lb.
General tariff
7 //lb.
7 //lb.
1. Pursuant to the Canada/New Zealand Trade Agreement cheese, n.e.s., imported from New Zealand is dutiable at 1 //lb.
2. Pursuant to the Canada/New Zealand and Canada/Australia Trade Agreements cheddar cheese imported from New Zealand and Australia is dutiable at 1 //lb.
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Special Distribution
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SECTION 2
Exports ci Cheddar Cheese by Principal Destination
Destination
United Kingdom
United States
Other countries
Total
1971
12,528
596
290
13,3U
1972
7,523
677
139
8,339
1973
1,371
1,215
66
2,652
_i 1974-
39
1,283
49
1,421
metric tens)
1975
499
521
115
1,135
Exnorts of Cheese Other than Cheddar by Principal Destination
(metric tons)
Destination
United States
Other countries
Total
1971
748
822
1,570
1972
1,086
112
1,198
1973
2,578
146
2,724
1974
2,140
206
2,346
1975 i 1
894 !
188
! j 1,082
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Imports cf Cl^.er? by Variety and Principal .Source
1971 1972 1973 1974-
(metric tons)
1975
All cheeses
Camembert
Denmark France Germany, F.R. Switzerland Other countries
Total : Cenembe
Gcuda
Denmark France Netherlands United States Other countries
Total: Gouda
Provolone
Italy j Netherlands Argentina United States Other countries
Total: Provoloi
Gruyère Process
Austria Denmark Finland Switzerland France Other countries
Total : Gruyère: Frocess'
15,699
203 336 66 4.
-
rt 609
70 37
1,641 16 16
1,781
161 55 0.9 4.0
ie 257
226 63 9
1,563 73 6 .
1,94.0
17,015
192 54-3
1 84. 15
835
90 57
i,6a 19 16
1,822
303 3 6
74-
387
234-23 29
1,670 138 23
2.117
19,593
233 565
66 79
4
953
161 31
3,233 16 68
3,509
230 0.4-
86
316
286 22 61
1,74-0 14.0
32
2,282
22,118
201 434.
90 34. 39
799
63 26
1,701 4-
10
1,804.
4-30
32
4-61
210 1
50 1,500
68 ,28
1,858
22,123
208 384-100 120
20
832
137 70
1,44-0 19 36
1,702
354
24.
378
281 1
64 1,456
41
53
1,898
MWlP/W/22 Pr.ge U
Imports of Cheese (Cont'd)
Source
Cheese n . e . s .
Uni ted Kingdom I r e l a n d A u s t r i a Denmark F in land France Germany, F.R. Greece I t a l y Nether lands Norway Por tuga l Sweden Swi tzer land A u s t r a l i a New Zealand Argent ina Uni ted S t a t e s Other c o u n t r i e s
To ta l n . e . s .
1971
354 13
443 2,730
861 664 485 454
1,134 1.068
406 82
144 507 72 12
355 1,280
46
11,112
1972
450 22
546 3,033 1,086
622 53S 682
1,017 '/J» 461 157 194 378
51
272 1,541
64
11,853
1973
492 1.8
638 2,929 1,048
881 576
56 1,169 1,159
518 152 184 400
33 -342
1,613 338
12,532
(
1974
502 7
754 3,291
938 1,231 1,670
164 2,312 1,178
578 192 200 581 46
526 1,978 1,045
17,194
met r i c tons)
1975
398 38
668 3,058 1,101 1,438 1,802
307 2,387 1,463
697 161 201 649 84 36
272 2,060
497
17,317
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SECTION 3
Imp or t Measures
| Tariff iter:
i
1700-1
1700-2
Description
Cheese n.e.s.
Cheddar cheese
Statutory n.f.n. tariff
3i" //lb.
3 //lb.
Bound n.f.n. tari
3è //lb.
3 //lb.
ff
_ _ _ _ _ , Actually applied
m.f.n. tariff
3_" /Ab.
3 //lb.
All types and varieties cf cheeses are subject to a single global import quota. The current global quota is 50 million pounds (22,680 metric tons) for the dairy year 1 April 1976 to 31 March 1977.
Anti-dumping duties may be applied under the provisions of the Anti-Dumping Act. Countervailing duties may be applied under the provisions of Section 7 of the Customs Tariff Act. At the present time there are no anti-dumping or countervailing duties being applied against cheese imports.
Currently all cheese imports into Canada are carried out by the private trade, although the Canadian Dairy Commission, under the provisions of the Canadian Dairy Commission Act, has the power to import on its own account.
SUCTION U
Export Measures
Cheese exports have traditionally been carried out by the private trade although, as in the case of imports, the Canadian Dairy Commission has the power to export on its own account.
Under the dairy export equalization fund, which is financed by producer levies, the Canadian Dairy Commission has the option of assisting export sales of Canadian dairy products.
A bilateral arrangement between Canada and the European Community provides for the application of a fixed EEC import levy of 15 U.A./100 kgs. on "aged" Canadian Cheddar cheese in exchange for a Canadian commitment to maintain a minimum c.i.f. import price.
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SECTION 5
Description of Internal Regulations Governing Importation of Cheese int; Canada
(a) The global import quota for all cheese is applied under the provisions of the Export and Inpcrt Permits Act and is administered by the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce. The following notice, dated 29 March 1976, which has been distributed to all cheese importers, explains how the 1976/77 quota is being administered.
NOTICE TO IMPORTERS
Expert ar.d Import Permits Act
Import Controls over Cheese of all Types
1. A global import quota of 50,000,000 pounds of cheese has been established by the Government for the dairy year 1976/77 (1 April 1976-31 March 1977).
2. The quota will be allocated to importers based on their 1975 quota entitlements. Importers, who received quota entitlements in 1975 are considered to be traditional importers for the 1976/77 quota year. Provision is made for new importers to obtain a share cf the 1976/77 quota.
3. Each importer will be notified of his individual 1976/77 quota entitlements by "process" type, "soft" type and specific variety.
4-. Importers will be required to obtain individual import permits by country of origin, but may make more than one entry against a permit. Care should be taken to ensure that applications are fully completed to indicate the quantity (in pounds) and f.o.b. value in Canadian dollars by variety of cheese to be imported, together with the anticipated date of arrival into Canada. Import Permits will normally be valid for a ninety-day period from date cf issuance.
5. Importers will be free to source their cheese imports from any country, except Rhodesia. All authorized imports of cheese may be distributed in Canada without restriction as to end use.
6. To meet Canadian market requirements, a shift may be permitted to reduce up to a maximum of 20 per cent by weight, an entitlement for any type or variety by increasing by up to an equivalent weight another type or variety for which
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an entitlement exists. Importers will be United to a single shift for each type or variety. Importers will be required to indicate from which other type cr variety they wish the shift to be made and to provide a justification for requesting such a shift. Requests to shift to varieties for which an importer has no entitlement, will not normally be permitted.
Consideration will bo given to import permit applications to import new varieties of cheese within the framework of the shift provisions outlined in paragraph 6 above. A new \-ariety is defined as a variety of cheese not imported into Canada in 1975.
Consideration will be given to import permit applications from importers with no 1975 performance record, provided such applications are received no later then 1 June 1976. Total allocations to new importers will be limited to 1 per cent of the global quota or 500,000 lb.
The utilization of quota entitlements in 1976/77 may be taken into account in the provision of individual quota entitlements for any cheese quotas that may be established in subsequent years.
Applications for import permits are to bo forwarded on the prescribed form to the Chief, Export and Import Permits Division, Department of Industry, Trade and Commerça, Ottawa, Ontario. Import permit application forms may be obtained from the Zxpcrt and Import Permits Division; from any Customs Office in Canada; cr from the Regional Offices of the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce - St. John's, Newfoundland; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Fredericton, New Brunswick; Quebec City, Quebec; Montreal, Quebec; Toronto, Ontario; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Regina, Saskatchewan; Edmonton, Alberta; Vancouver, British Columbia.
) Sanitary, packaging and labellinr regulations
The import and sale of cheeses is governed by the relèvent provisions and gulaticns of the following statutes:
Canada Dairy Products Act 1951, as amended. 2. Canada Agricultural Products Standards Act 1955, as amended. Z. Food and Drugs Act, as emended.
These statutes and regulations pertaining thereto provide, inter alia, for:
(a) packaging and labelling specifications (b) grade specifications and standards of composition
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(c) exporter declaration for eus tons entry re fitness for human consumption, conformity with packaging and labelling requirements
(d) regulations regarding damage arid careless handling of dairy produce (e) provisions regarding ingredient listing, durable life date, use of
preservatives, misleading labelling etc.