WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CAN/75 
2 March 2009 
 (09-1054) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 25 February 2009, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada .  The notification concerns imports under tariff quotas ( Table MA:2 ) during 
marketing year 2005/2006  and calendar year 2006 . 
 
  
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Page 2 Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Canada 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing Year 2005/2006 
 
Lists relating to tariff and other quota commitments. 
 
Description of Products Tariff item number(s) encompassed in 
product description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period1 
(from section 1-B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedule) (from Section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of 
the Schedule) (derived from Section I.B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the schedule)  
1 2 3 4 
Cream:     
- Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing adde d sugar or other 
sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6%, within 
access commitment  0401.30.10  394 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  394 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
Dry Whey:     
- Powdered whey and modified whey, other than whey protein 
concentrate, within access commitment  0404.10.21  3,198 tonnes 
(product weight basis)   3,198 tonnes  
(product weight basis)  
Butter:     
- Butter, within access commitment  0405.10.10  3,274 tonnes 
(product weight basis)   3,274 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
- Other fats and oils derived from milk, within access commitment  0405.90.10    
Wheat:     
- Durum wheat, within access commitment  1001.10.10  226,883 tonnes  49,816 tonnes  
- Wheat and meslin, other than dur um wheat, within access commitment  1001.90.10    
Barley:     
- Barley for malting purposes, within access commitment  1003.00.11  399,000 tonnes   45,068 tonnes 
- Barley, other than for malting purposes, within access commitment  1003.00.91    
Wheat Products:     
- Wheat or meslin flour, within access commitment  1101.00.10  123,557 tonnes 
(grain equivalent basis)    144,287 tonnes 
(grain equivalent basis)  
- Groats and meal of wheat, within access commitment  1103.11.10    
- Pellets of wheat, within access commitment  1103.20.11    
- Rolled or flaked grains of wheat, within access commitment  1104.19.11    
- Other worked grains (for example, hu lled, pearled, sliced or kibbled), of 
wheat, within access commitment  1104.29.11     
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- Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, of wheat, within 
access commitment  1104.30.11    
- Wheat starch, within access commitment  1108.11.10    
- Wheat gluten, whether or not dried, within access commitment  1109.00.10    
- Mixes and doughs for the preparations of bakers' wares of heading No. 
19.05 in packages of a weight not exceeding 11.34 kg each, containing 
25% or more by weight of wheat and 25% or less by weight of butterfat, 
within access commitment  1901.20.13    
- Mixes and doughs for the preparations of bakers' wares of heading No. 
19.05, in bulk or in packages of a weight exceeding 11.34 kg each, 
containing 25% or more by weight of  wheat and 25% or less by weight 
of butterfat, within access commitment  1901.20.23    
- Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or ot herwise prepared, containing 25% or 
more by weight of wheat, containing eggs, within access commitment  1902.11.10    
- Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or othe rwise prepared, not containing eggs, 
containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, low protein or protein-free 
pasta, certified by Health Canada as special low protein or protein-free 
dietary products, within access commitment  1902.19.11    
- Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or ot herwise prepared, containing 25% or 
more by weight of wheat, not containing   eggs, other than certified by 
Health Canada as special low prot ein or protein-free dietary products, 
containing flour and water only, within access commitment  1902.19.91    
- Cooked and pre-cooked pasta, contai ning 25% or more by weight of 
wheat, not stuffed, low protein or protein-free pasta, without meat, 
certified by Health Canada as special  low protein or protein-free dietary 
products, within access commitment  1902.30.11    
- Cooked and pre-cooked pasta, contai ning 25% or more by weight of 
wheat, not stuffed, without meat, ot her than certified by Health Canada 
as special low protein or protei n-free dietary products, within access 
commitment  1902.30.20   
- Prepared foods containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, obtained 
by the swelling or roasting of cer eal or cereal products, within access 
commitment 
- Prepared foods containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, obtained 
from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes 
and roasted cereal flakes or swelled ce reals, in packages of a weight not 
exceeding 11.34 kg each, within access commitment  1904.10.10 
 
1904.20.10 
   
- Prepared foods containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, obtained 
from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cer eals, in bulk or in packages of a 
weight exceeding 11.34 kg each, within access commitment 1904.20.61 
  
- Bulgur wheat, containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, in packages 
of a weight not exceeding 11.34 kg each, within access commitment 1904.30.10   
- Bulgur wheat, containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, within 
access commitment 1904.30.61    
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- Cereals, in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains 
(except flour and meal), containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, 
pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included, in packages of a weight not exceeding 11.34 kg each, within access 
commitment 1904.90.10 
  
- Cereals in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains 
(except flour and meal), containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, 
pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included, 
in bulk or in packages of a weight exceeding 11.34 kg each, within 
access commitment  1904.90.61    
- Crispbread, leavened with yeast, containing 25% or more by weight of 
wheat, within access commitment  1905.10.10    
- Crispbread, not leavened with yeast,  containing 25% or more by weight 
of wheat, in packages of a wei ght not exceeding 11.34 kg each, within 
access commitment  1905.10.40    
- Crispbread, not leavened with yeast,  containing 25% or more by weight 
of wheat, in bulk or in packages  of a weight exceeding 11.34 kg each, 
within access commitment  1905.10.71    
- Sweet biscuits containing 25% or mo re by weight of wheat, valued at 44 
cents/kg or more, said value to be based on the net weight and to 
include the value of the usual reta il package, within access commitment  1905.31.21    
- Waffles, wafers and sweet biscuits, other than certified by Health 
Canada as special low protein or protein-free dietary products, 
containing 25% or more by weight of  wheat, other than sweet biscuits 
valued at 44 cents/kg or more, said value to be based on the net weight 
and to include the value of the usual retail package, within access 
commitment  1905.31.91    
- Waffles and wafers, containing 25%  or more by weight within access 
commitment 1905.32.91   
- Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products, other than special 
dietary products as defined under regulations of Health Canada, 
leavened with yeast, containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, within access commitment 1905.40.20    
- Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products, other than special 
dietary products as defined under re gulations of Health Canada, not 
leavened with yeast, containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, 
within access commitment  1905.40.50    
- Bread containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, other than bread 
leavened with yeast and unleavened bread for sacramental purposes, in 
packages of a weight not exceed ing 11.34 kg each, within access 
commitment  1905.90.31    
- Bread, other than bread  leavened with yeast and unleavened bread for 
sacramental purposes, containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, in 
bulk or in packages of a weight exceeding 11.34 kg each, within access 
commitment  1905.90.34    
- Biscuits containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, other than sweet 
biscuits, valued at 44 cents/kg or more , said value to be based on the net 
weight and to include the value of  the usual retail package, within 
access commitment  1905.90.41     
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- Biscuits containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, other than sweet 
biscuits, valued at less than 44¢/kg,  said value to be based on the net 
weight and to include the value of  the usual retail package, within 
access commitment  1905.90.42   
- Pretzels containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, within access 
commitment  1905.90.61    
- Bran, sharps and other residues, of wheat, whether or not in the form of 
pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of wheat, 
within access commitment  2302.30.10 
   
Barley Products     
- Barley flour, within access commitment  1102.90.11  19,131 tonnes 
(grain equivalent basis)  19,462 tonnes 
(grain equivalent basis)  
- Groats and meal of barley, within access commitment  1103.19.11    
- Pellets of barley, within access commitment  1103.20.21    
- Rolled or flaked grains of barley within access commitment  1104.19.21    
- Other worked grains (for example, hu lled, pearled, sliced or kibbled), of 
barley, within access commitment  1104.29.21    
- Whole malt, not roasted, within access commitment  1107.10.11    
- Malt, other than whole malt, not roasted, within access commitment  1107.10.91    
- Whole malt, roasted, within access commitment  1107.20.11    
- Malt other than whole malt, ro asted, within access commitment  1107.20.91    
- Barley starch, within access commitment  1108.19.11    
- Malt extract, within access commitment  1901.90.11    
- Prepared foods obtained by the sw elling or roasting of barley, within 
access commitment 
- Prepared foods of barley, obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from 
mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals, in packages not exceed ing 11.34 kg each, within access 
commitment 
- Prepared foods of barley, obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from 
mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled 
cereals, in bulk or in packages ex ceeding 11.34 kg each, within access 
commitment 1904.10.30 
 
1904.20.30 
 
 
1904.20.63    
- Cereals of barley in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked 
grains (except flour and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not 
elsewhere specified or included, in packages of a weight not exceeding 
11.34 kg each, within access commitment  1904.90.30    
- Cereals of barley in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked 
grains (except flour and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included, in bulk or in packages of a weight 
exceeding 11.34 kg each, within access commitment 1904.90.63     
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- Bran, sharps and other residues, of barley, whether or not in the form of 
pellets, derived from the sifting, milling or other working of barley, 
within access commitment  2302.40.11    
1 The count of in-quota imports for butter, cream and dry whey is  based on permits issued by the Export and Import Controls Burea u (EICB) against Canada's tariff quota commitments.  The count of in-quota 
imports for wheat, barley and their products is  based on data from the Canada Border Se rvices Agency (formerly Canada Customs a nd Revenue Agency). Thes e figures may not equal the quantities reported by 
Statistics Canada, International Trade Division.  In-quota impor ts are tabulated according to th e unit for the tariff quota (e. g., grain equivalent basis), a nd not on a product weight basis.  
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MARKET ACCESS:  Canada 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2006 
 
Lists relating to tariff and other quota commitments. 
 
Description of Products Tariff item number(s) encompassed in 
product description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period1 
(from section 1-B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedule) (from Section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of 
the Schedule) (derived from Section I.B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the schedule)  
1 2 3 4 
Broiler hatching eggs and chicks:  
 
- Live fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , weighing not more than 185g, other 
than for breeding purposes, broilers fo r domestic production, within access 
commitment 
 - Birds' eggs, in shell,  fresh, preserved or  cooked, hatching, of fowls of the species  
Gallus  domesticus , for broilers, within access commitment  
 
0105.11.21 
 
 
 
0407.00.11   
7,949,000 doz. 
(egg equivalent basis)  
10,757,292 doz 
 (egg equivalent basis) 
 
Chicken, live, meat and products:  
 
- Live fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , weighing more than 185g, other 
than for breeding purposes, other than started pullets, other than spent fowl, within access commitment 
 
- Meat and edible offal, of fowls of the species Gallus  domesticus , of heading 
No. 01.05, not cut in pieces, fresh, chille d or frozen, other than spent fowl, 
within access commitment 
 - Cuts of meat and edible offal, incl uding livers, of fowls of the species Gallus  
domesticus , of heading No. 01.05, fresh, ch illed or frozen, other than spent 
fowl, within access commitment  
 
0105.92.91 0105.93.91 
 
 
0207.11.91 0207.12.91 
 
 
0207.13.91 
0207.14.21 
0207.14.91   
39,843.7 tonnes 
(eviscerated product basis)  
73,291.7  tonnes 
(eviscerated product basis) 
- Fat of fowls (not rendered or otherwise extracted) of the species Gallus 
domesticus , fresh, chilled or frozen, salted, in  brine, dried or smoked, within 
access commitment 
 
- Meat of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , salted, in brine, dried or 
smoked, within access commitment 0209.00.21 
  
 
0210.99.11   
- Sausages and similar products, of meat , meat offal or blood of fowls of the 
species Gallus  domesticus , other than spent fowl, and other food preparations 
based on fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , other than spent fowl, other 
than in cans or glass jars , within access commitment 1601.00.21   
- Prepared or preserved liver paste of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , 
not in cans or glass jars, within access commitment 1602.20.21  
   
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- Prepared meals of  fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , other than spent 
fowl or specially defined mixtures  of tariff item 1602.32.11, within access 
commitment 1602.32.12 
   
- Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of fowls of the species Gallus 
domesticus, other than prepared meals, other than in cans or glass jars, other 
than specially defined mixtures and pr oducts of spent fowl of tariff item 
1602.32.92, within access commitment 1602.32.94   
Turkey, live, meat and products:  
 
- Live turkeys, weighing more th an 185g, within access commitment 
 - Meat and edible offal of turkeys, no t cut in pieces, fresh, chilled or frozen, 
within access commitment 
  
 
- Cuts of meat and edible offal, includi ng livers, of turkey s, fresh, chilled or 
frozen, within access commitment  
 
0105.99.11 
  
0207.24.11 
0207.24.91 0207.25.11 
0207.25.91 
 
0207.26.10 
0207.27.11 
0207.27.91 
   
5,588 tonnes 
(eviscerated product basis)  
5,434 tonnes 
 (eviscerated product basis) 
- Turkey fat (not rendered or otherwis e extracted), fresh,  chilled or frozen, 
salted, in brine, dried or smoked, within access commitment 0209.00.23 
   
- Meat of turkeys, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, within access commitment 0210.99.14   
- Sausages and similar products, of meat , meat offal or blood of turkeys, and 
food preparations based on those products (other than in cans or glass jars), 
within access commitment 1601.00.31   
- Prepared or preserved  liver paste, of turkeys, not in cans or glass jars, within 
access commitment 1602.20.31   
- Prepared meals, of  turkeys, other than specially defined mixtures of tariff item 
1602.31.11, within access commitment 1602.31.12   
- Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of turkeys, other than prepared 
meals, other than specially defined mixtures of tariff item 1602.31.92, other 
than in cans or glass jars , within access commitment  1602.31.93   
Beef and Veal:  
 
- Carcasses and half-carcasse s of bovine animals, fres h or chilled, within access 
commitment  
 
0201.10.10  
76,409 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
 46,036 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 
- Other cuts with bone in, of bovine an imals, fresh or chilled, within access 
commitment 0201.20.10   
- Boneless meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled, within access commitment 0201.30.10    
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- Carcasses and half-car casses of bovine animals, frozen, within access 
commitment 0202.10.10   
- Other cuts with bone in, of bovine animals,  frozen, within access commitment 0202.20.10   
- Boneless meat of bovine animals, frozen, within access commitment 0202.30.10   
Milk and Dairy Products:  
 
Fluid Milk : 
 
- Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing adde d sugar or other 
sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1%, within access commitment  
 
  
0401.10.10  
 
  
64,500 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
 
 
N.A.
2 
- Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing adde d sugar or other 
sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not 
exceeding 6%, within access commitment 0401.20.10   
Concentrated/Condensed Milk/Cream : 
 
- Milk and cream, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other 
than in powder, granules or other so lid forms,  within access commitment  
 
0402.91.10   
11.7 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
0 tonnes 
 (product weight basis) 
- Milk and cream, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, other than 
in powder, granules or other solid forms, within access commitment 0402.99.10   
Yogourt : 
 
- Yogourt, within access commitment  
 
0403.10.10  
332 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
332 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 
   
Powdered Buttermilk : 
 - Powdered buttermilk, within access commitment  
 
0403.90.11  
908 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 
 
   
0 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 
Other Products of Milk Constituents : 
 - Products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing 
added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included, 
within access commitment  
 
0404.90.10  
4,345 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
4,125.8 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 
Other Dairy : 
 - Food preparations of  heading Nos. 04.01 to 04.04 (other than ice cream mixes 
or ice milk mixes), containing more than 10% but less than 50% on a dry 
weight basis of milk solids, not put up for retail sale, not containing cocoa or 
containing less than 5% by weight of  cocoa calculated on a totally defatted 
basis, within access commitment  
 
1901.90.33  
70 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
0.25 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 
 
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Ice Cream : 
 - Ice cream and other edible ice, whethe r or not containing cocoa, other than 
flavoured ice and ice sherbets, within access commitment  
 
2105.00.91  
484 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
431.6 tonnes 
 (product weight basis) 
Cheese : 
 
- Cheese and curd, w ithin 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 0406.90.98 
  
20,411.866 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
20,411.866 tonnes 
 (product weight basis) 
Eggs and egg products:  
 
- Birds' eggs, other than hatching, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , in 
shell, fresh, preserved or cooked, within access commitment  
 
0407.00.18  
21,370,000 doz. 
(egg equivalent basis)  
20,488,922 doz. 
 (egg equivalent basis) 
- Birds' egg  yolks, dried, whether or not containing a dded sugar or other 
sweetening matter, within access commitment 0408.11.10   
- Birds' egg  yolks, other than dried, whether or not contai ning added sugar or 
other sweetening matter, within access commitment 0408.19.10   
- Birds' eggs, not in shell, dried, other than egg  yolks,  whether or not containing 
added sugar or other sweetening matter, within access commitment 0408.91.10   
- Birds' eggs, not in shell, fresh, cook ed by steaming or by boiling in water, 
moulded, frozen or otherwise preser ved, whether or not  containing added 
sugar or other sweetening matter, other than egg  yolks, other than dried, 
within access commitment 0408.99.10   
- Egg preparations, within access commitment 2106.90.71   
- Egg albumin, dried, within  access commitment 3502.11.10   
- Egg albumin, other than dried, within access commitment 3502.19.10   
    
 
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Margarine:  
 
- Margarine, excluding liquid margar ine, within access commitment  
 
1517.10.10  
7,558 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
5,123 tonnes 
 (product weight basis) 
- Substitutes for butter, within access commitment 1517.90.21   
    
1 The count of in-quota imports is based on permits issued by the Export and Import Controls Bureau (EICB) against Canada’s tarif f quota commitments.  These figures ma y differ from total imported quantities 
reported by Statistics Canada, International Trade Division. 
2 Imports of fluid milk by consumers are not counted.  By virt ue of General Import Permit #1, which regulates the importation of  dairy products for personal use, any resi dent of Canada may import fluid milk.  
The General Import Permit may be invoke d an unlimited number of times. 
 
 
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