WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/CAN/21
11March 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0981)
Original: English/French Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Theattached notification concerning imports under tariffquotas during thecalendar year1997
(Table MA:2) wasreceived from thedelegation ofCanada on9March 1998.
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TheMA:2 notification forthetariff quotas (TQs) which areadministered onacalendar year
basis isattached. There willbeanadditional MA:2 notification submitted fortheTQsadministered
onamarketing yearbasis.G/AG/N/CAN/21
Page2Table MA: 2 MARKET ACCESS: Canada
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1997
Listsrelating totariff andother quota commitments
Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s)
encompassed in
product descriptionTariff quota quantity
forperiod inquestionIn-quota imports
during period1
1 2 3 4
Broiler hatching eggs andchicks:
-Live fowls ofthespecies Gallus domesticus ,weighing notmore than
185g, other thanforbreeding purposes, broilers fordomestic
production, within access commitment
-Birds'eggs, inshell, fresh, preserved orcooked, hatching, offowls of
thespecies Gallus domesticus ,forbroilers, within access commitment0105.11.21
0407.00.117,949,000 doz.
(eggequivalent basis)10,472,678 doz.
(eggequivalent basis)
Chicken, live,meat andproducts:
-Live fowls ofthespecies Gallus domesticus ,weighing more than185g,
other thanforbreeding purposes, other thanstarted pullets, other than
spent fowl, within access commitment
-Meat andedible offal, offowls ofthespecies Gallus domesticus ,of
heading No.01.05, notcutinpieces, fresh, chilled orfrozen, other than
spent fowl, within access commitment
-Cuts ofmeat andedible offal, including livers, offowls ofthespecies
Gallus domesticus ,ofheading No.01.05, fresh, chilled orfrozen, other
thanspent fowl, within access commitment0105.92.91
0105.93.91
0207.11.91
0207.12.91
0207.13.91
0207.14.21
0207.14.9139,843.7 tonnes
(eviscerated product
basis)55,498.8 tonnes
(eviscerated product
basis)
-Fatoffowls (notrendered orotherwise extracted) ofthespecies Gallus
domesticus ,fresh, chilled orfrozen, salted, inbrine, dried orsmoked,
within access commitment
-Meat offowls ofthespecies Gallus domesticus ,salted, inbrine, dried or
smoked, within access commitment0209.00.21
0210.90.11
-Sausages andsimilar products, made from meat, meat offal orblood of
fowls ofthespecies Gallus domesticus ,andother food preparations
based onfowls ofthespecies Gallus domesticus ,other thanincansor
glass jars,other thanspent fowl, within access commitment1601.00.22G/AG/N/CAN/21
Page3Table MA: 2 MARKET ACCESS: Canada
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1997
Listsrelating totariff andother quota commitments
Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s)
encompassed in
product descriptionTariff quota quantity
forperiod inquestionIn-quota imports
during period1
1 2 3 4
-Prepared orpreserved liver paste offowls ofthespecies Gallus
domesticus ,other thanincansorglass jars,within access commitment1602.20.22
-Prepared meals made from fowls ofthespecies Gallus domesticus ,other
thanspecially defined mixtures oftariff item1602.32.11, other than
meals made from spent fowl, within access commitment1602.32.13
-Prepared orpreserved meat, meat offal orblood offowls ofthespecies
Gallus domesticus ,other thanprepared meals, other thanfowls ofthe
species Gallus domesticus incansorglass jars,other thanspecially
defined mixtures oftariff item1602.32.92, other thanproducts made
from spent fowl, within access commitment1602.32.94
Turkey, live,meat andproducts:
-Live turkeys, weighing more than185g, within access commitment
-Meat andedible offal ofturkeys, notcutinpieces, fresh, chilled or
frozen, within access commitment
-Cuts ofmeat andedible offal, including livers, ofturkeys, fresh, chilled
orfrozen, within access commitment0105.99.11
0207.24.11
0207.24.91
0207.25.11
0207.25.91
0207.26.10
0207.27.11
0207.27.914,915.4 tonnes
(eviscerated product
basis)4,945.2 tonnes
(eviscerated product
basis)
-Turkey fat(notrendered orotherwise extracted), fresh, chilled or
frozen, salted, inbrine, dried orsmoked, within access commitment0209.00.23
-Meat andedible meat offal ofturkeys, salted, inbrine, dried orsmoked,
within access commitment0210.90.14G/AG/N/CAN/21
Page4Table MA: 2 MARKET ACCESS: Canada
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1997
Listsrelating totariff andother quota commitments
Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s)
encompassed in
product descriptionTariff quota quantity
forperiod inquestionIn-quota imports
during period1
1 2 3 4
-Sausages andsimilar products, made from meat, meat offal orblood of
turkeys, andfood preparations based onthose products (other thanin
cansorglass jars), within access commitment1601.00.31
-Prepared orpreserved liver paste, made from turkeys, other thanin
cansorglass jars,within access commitment1602.20.32
-Prepared meals, made from turkeys, other thanspecially defined
mixtures oftariff item1602.31.11, within access commitment1602.31.12
-Prepared orpreserved meat, meat offal orblood ofturkeys, other than
prepared meals, other thanspecially defined mixtures oftariff item
1602.31.92, other thanincansorglass jars,within access commitment1602.31.93
Beef andVeal:
-Carcasses andhalf-carcasses ofbovine animals, fresh orchilled, within
access commitment0201.10.1076,409 tonnes
(product weight basis)89,347.3 tonnes
(product weight basis)
-Other cutswithbone in,ofbovine animals, fresh orchilled, within
access commitment0201.20.10
-Boneless meat ofbovine animals, fresh orchilled, within access
commitment0201.30.10
-Carcasses andhalf-carcasses ofbovine animals, frozen, within access
commitment0202.10.10
-Other cutswithbone in,ofbovine animals, frozen, within access
commitment0202.20.10
-Boneless meat ofbovine animals, frozen, within access commitment 0202.30.10G/AG/N/CAN/21
Page5Table MA: 2 MARKET ACCESS: Canada
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1997
Listsrelating totariff andother quota commitments
Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s)
encompassed in
product descriptionTariff quota quantity
forperiod inquestionIn-quota imports
during period1
1 2 3 4
Milk andDairy Products:
Fluid Milk:
-Milk andcream, notconcentrated norcontaining added sugar orother
sweetening matter, ofafatcontent, byweight, notexceeding 1%,
within access commitment0401.10.1064,500 tonnes
(product weight basis)N.A.2
-Milk andcream, notconcentrated norcontaining added sugar orother
sweetening matter, ofafatcontent, byweight, exceeding 1%butnot
exceeding 6%,within access commitment0401.20.10
Concentrated/Condensed Milk/Cream:
-Milk andcream, notcontaining added sugar orother sweetening matter,
other thaninpowder, granules orother solid forms, within access
commitment0402.91.1011.7 tonnes
(product weight basis)14.7 tonnes
(product weight basis)
-Milk andcream, containing added sugar orother sweetening matter,
other thaninpowder, granules orother solid forms, within access
commitment0402.99.10
Yoghurt:
-Yoghurt, within access commitment 0403.10.10332tonnes
(product weight basis)291.3 tonnes
(product weight basis)
Powdered Buttermilk:
-Powdered buttermilk, within access commitment 0403.90.11908tonnes
(product weight basis)921tonnes
(product weight basis)
Other Products ofMilk Constituents:
-Products consisting ofnatural milkconstituents, whether ornot
containing added sugar orother sweetening matter, notelsewhere
specified orincluded, within access commitment0404.90.104,345 tonnes
(product weight basis)4,345 tonnes
(product weight basis)G/AG/N/CAN/21
Page6Table MA: 2 MARKET ACCESS: Canada
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1997
Listsrelating totariff andother quota commitments
Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s)
encompassed in
product descriptionTariff quota quantity
forperiod inquestionIn-quota imports
during period1
1 2 3 4
Other Dairy:
-Food preparations ofgoods classified under heading Nos. 04.01 to04.04
(other thanicecream mixes oricemilkmixes), containing more than
10% butlessthan50% onadryweight basis ofmilksolids, notinretail
packaging, notcontaining cocoa orcontaining lessthan5%byweight of
cocoa calculated onatotally defatted basis, within access commitment1901.90.3370tonnes
(product weight basis)157tonnes
(product weight basis)
IceCream:
-Icecream andother edible ice,whether ornotcontaining cocoa, other
thanflavoured iceandicesherbets, within access commitment2105.00.91401.8 tonnes
(product weight basis)415.9 tonnes
(product weight basis)
Cheese:
-Cheese andcurd, within access commitment 04.06 inc.
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
0406.90.9820,411.866 tonnes
(product weight basis)20,451.129 tonnes
(product weight basis)G/AG/N/CAN/21
Page7Table MA: 2 MARKET ACCESS: Canada
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1997
Listsrelating totariff andother quota commitments
Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s)
encompassed in
product descriptionTariff quota quantity
forperiod inquestionIn-quota imports
during period1
1 2 3 4
Eggs andeggproducts:
-Birds'eggs, other thanhatching, forbroilers, offowls ofthespecies
Gallus domesticus ,inshell, fresh, preserved orcooked, within access
commitment0407.00.1816,241,200 doz.
(eggequivalent basis)19,534,092 doz.
(eggequivalent basis)
-Birds'eggyolks, dried, whether ornotcontaining added sugar orother
sweetening matter, within access commitment0408.11.10
-Birds'eggyolks, other thandried, whether ornotcontaining added
sugar orother sweetening matter, within access commitment0408.19.10
-Birds'eggs, notinshell, dried, other thaneggyolks, whether ornot
containing added sugar orother sweetening matter, within access
commitment0408.91.10
-Birds'eggs, notinshell, fresh, cooked bysteaming orbyboiling in
water, moulded, frozen orotherwise preserved, whether ornot
containing added sugar orother sweetening matter, other thanegg
yolks, other thandried, within access commitment0408.99.10
-Eggpreparations, within access commitment 2106.90.71
-Eggalbumin, dried, within access commitment 3502.11.10
-Eggalbumin, other thandried, within access commitment 3502.19.10G/AG/N/CAN/21
Page8Table MA: 2 MARKET ACCESS: Canada
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1997
Listsrelating totariff andother quota commitments
Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s)
encompassed in
product descriptionTariff quota quantity
forperiod inquestionIn-quota imports
during period1
1 2 3 4
Margarine:
-Margarine, excluding liquid margarine, within access commitment 1517.10.105,744.2 tonnes
(product weight basis)90.2 tonnes
(product weight basis)
-Substitutes forbutter, within access commitment 1517.90.21
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1.Thecount ofin-quota imports isbased onpermits issued bytheExport andImport Controls Bureau (EICB). These figures may notequal thequantities reported by
Statistics Canada, International Trade Division, since theEICB data aretabulated according totheunitforthetariff quota (e.g., eviscerated equivalent basis), andnot
onaproduct weight basis.
2.Imports offluid milk byconsumers arenotcounted. Canada considers thataccess forfluid milk isrestricted subject totheterms andconditions ofGeneral Import
Permit #1.Any resident ofCanada may import upto$20worth ofdairy products, including fluid milk andcream, forpersonal useunder General Import Permit #1.
TheGeneral Import Permit may beinvoked anunlimited number oftimes.