WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CAN/79 
4 August 2009 
 (09-3776) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 9 July 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 2007/2008  and calendar year 2008 . 
 
  
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Page 2 Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Canada 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing Year 2007/2008 
 
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 
(6) 2 Cream     
- Milk and cream, not concentrated  nor containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6%, within access commitment 0401.30.10 394 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 393.3 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 
(10) 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) 
(12) Butter     
- Butter, within access co mmitment 0405.10.10 3,274 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 3,241.5 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 
- Other fats and oils derived from milk, within access 
commitment 0405.90.10   
(17) Wheat     
- Durum wheat, within access commitment 1001.10.10 226,883 tonnes 56,571 tonnes 
- Wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, within access 
commitment 1001.90.10   
(18) Barley     
- Barley for malting purposes, within acce ss commitment 1003.00.11 399,000 tonnes 188,418 tonnes 
- Barley, other than for malting purposes, within access 
commitment 1003.00.91   
(19) Wheat Products     
- Wheat or meslin flour, within access commitment 1101.00.10 123,557 tonnes 
(grain equivalent basis) 153,696 tonnes 
(grain equivalent basis) 
- Groats and meal of wheat, wi thin 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    
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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 
- Other worked grains (for exampl e, hulled, pearled, sliced or 
kibbled), of wheat, within access commitment 1104.29.11   
- 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 co mmitment 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 butte rfat, 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 butte rfat, within access commitment 1901.20.23   
- Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, containing 
25% or more by weight of wheat, containing eggs, within 
access commitment 1902.11.10   
- Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise 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 protei n-free dietary products, within 
access commitment 1902.19.11   
- Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, containing 
25% or more by weight of wheat, not containing   eggs, other 
than certified by Health Canada as special low protein or 
protein-free dietary products, co ntaining flour and water only, 
within access commitment 1902.19.91   
- Cooked and pre-cooked pasta, containing 25% or more by 
weight of wheat, not stuffed, lo w protein or protein-free pasta, 
without meat, certified by Health  Canada as special low protein 
or protein-free dietary product s, within access commitment 1902.30.11   
- Cooked and pre-cooked pasta, containing 25% or more by 
weight of wheat, not stuffed, wi thout meat, other than certified 
by Health Canada as special lo w protein or protein-free dietary 
products, within access commitment 1902.30.20    
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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 
- Prepared foods containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, 
obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereal 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 
cereals, 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 
cereals, 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   
- 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 ye ast, containing 25% or more by 
weight of wheat, in packages of a weight not exceeding 11.34 kg each, within access commitment 1905.10.40   
- Crispbread, not leavened with ye ast, 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    
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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 
- Sweet biscuits containing 25% or more 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 retail 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 defi ned 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 defi ned under regulations of Health 
Canada, not leavened with yeas t, 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 un leavened bread for sacramental 
purposes, in packages of a weight not exceeding 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 cent s/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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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 
- 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 
   
(20) Barley Products     
- Barley flour, within access commitment 1102.90.11 19,131 tonnes 
(grain equivalent basis) 26,993 tonnes 
(grain equivalent basis) 
- Groats and meal of barley, w ithin 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 exampl e, hulled, pearled, sliced or 
kibbled), of barley, within access commitment 1104.29.21   
- Whole malt, not roas ted, 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, roasted,  within access commitment 1107.20.91   
- Barley starch, within access commitment 1108.19.11   - Malt extract, within ac cess commitment 1901.90.11   
- Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of barley, 
within access commitment 
- Prepared foods of barley, obtai ned from unroasted cereal flakes 
or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal 
flakes or swelled cereals, in packages not exceeding 11.34 kg 
each, within access commitment 
- Prepared foods of barley, obtai ned from unroasted cereal flakes 
or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal 
flakes or swelled cereals, in bulk or in packages exceeding 
11.34 kg each, within access commitment 1904.10.30 
 
1904.20.30 
  
1904.20.63    
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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 
- 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   
- 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 Bu reau (EICB) against Canada's tariff quota commitments. 
The count of in-quota imports for wheat, barl ey and their products is based on data fro m the Canada Border Services Agency (for merly Canada Customs and Revenue Agency).  These 
figures may not equal the quantities reporte d by Statistics Canada, In ternational Trade Division.  In-quota imports are tabulat ed according to the unit for the tariff quota (e.g., grain 
equivalent basis), and not on a product weight basis. 
 
2. CTS TQID   
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Page 8 Table MA: 2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Canada 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2008 
 
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 
1 2 3 4 
(1) 2 Broiler hatching eggs and chicks  
 
- Live fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , weighing not more than 
185g, other than for breeding purposes, broilers for 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)  
 
11,883,247.2 doz 
 (egg equivalent basis) 
 
(2) 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, chilled or frozen, other 
than spent fowl, within access commitment 
 
- Cuts of meat and edible offal, including livers, of fowls of the 
species Gallus  domesticus , of heading No. 01.05, fresh, chilled 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)  
 
75,359.3 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    
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encompassed in 
 product description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period1 
1 2 3 4 
- 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  
 
  
- Prepared meals of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , other than 
spent fowl or specially defined mi xtures 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 spec ially defined mixtures and products 
of spent fowl of tariff item 1602.32.92, within access commitment 1602.32.94   
(3) Turkey, live, meat and products  
 
- Live turkeys, weighing more than 185g, within access commitment 
 
- Meat and edible offal of turkeys, not cut in pieces, fresh, chilled or 
frozen, within access commitment 
 
 
 - Cuts of meat and edible offal, including livers, of turkeys, 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)  
 
5,570 tonnes 
 (eviscerated product basis) 
- Turkey fat (not rendered or othe rwise 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    
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encompassed in 
 product description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period1 
1 2 3 4 
- 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, w ithin 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   
(4) Beef and Veal  
 
- Carcasses and half-carcasses of bovi ne animals, fresh or chilled, 
within access commitment  
 
0201.10.10  
 
76,409 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
 
41,800.2  tonnes 
(product weight basis) 
- Other cuts with bone in, of bovine animals, fresh or chilled, within 
access commitment 0201.20.10   
- Boneless meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled, within access 
commitment 0201.30.10   
- Carcasses and half-carcasses of bovine animals, frozen, within 
access commitment 0202.10.10   
- Other cuts with bone in, of bovi ne animals, frozen, within access 
commitment 0202.20.10   
- Boneless meat of bovine animals, frozen, within access commitment 0202.30.10   
Milk and Dairy Products  
 
(5) Fluid Milk  
 
- Milk and cream, not concentrat ed nor containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter, of a fat c ontent, by weight, not exceeding 
1%, within access commitment  
 
 
 
0401.10.10  
 
 
  
64,500 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
 
 
 
N.A.3 
 
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encompassed in 
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question In-quota imports during period1 
1 2 3 4 
- Milk and cream, not concentrat ed nor containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter, of a fat c ontent, by weight, exceeding 1% 
but not exceeding 6%, within access commitment 0401.20.10   
(7) Concentrated/Condensed Milk/Cream  
 
- Milk and cream, not containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter, other than in powder, granul es or other solid 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   
(8) Yogourt  
 
- Yogourt, within access commitment  
 
0403.10.10  
 
332 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
 
332 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 
(9) Powdered Buttermilk  
 
- Powdered buttermilk, within access commitment  
 
0403.90.11  
 
908 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
 
908 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 
(11) 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)  
 
3,949.9 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 
(13) Cheese  
 
- Cheese and curd, 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  
 
20,411.866 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
 
20,411.866 tonnes 
 (product weight basis)  
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encompassed in 
 product description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports during period1 
1 2 3 4 
0406.90.61 
0406.90.71 
0406.90.81 
0406.90.91 
0406.90.93 
0406.90.95 
0406.90.98 
 
(14) Other Dairy  
 
- Food preparations of heading Nos.  04.01 to 04.04 (other than ice 
cream mixes or ice milk mixes), c ontaining 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 tonnes 
(product weight basis) 
(15) Ice Cream  
  
- Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa, 
other than flavoured ice and ice sherbets, within access commitment  
 
2105.00.91  
 
484 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
 
357.5 tonnes 
 (product weight basis) 
(16) 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)  
 
20,204,301 doz. 
 (egg equivalent basis) 
- Birds' egg  yolks, dried, whethe r or not containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter, within access commitment 0408.11.10   
- Birds' egg  yolks, other than drie d, whether or not containing 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, cooked by steaming or by boiling in 
water, moulded, frozen or otherw ise preserved, whether or not 
containing added sugar or other sw eetening matter, other than egg  
yolks, other than dried, within access commitment 0408.99.10    
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encompassed in 
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1 2 3 4 
- 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   
(21) Margarine  
 
- Margarine, excluding liquid margarine, within access commitment  
 
1517.10.10  
 
7,558 tonnes 
(product weight basis)  
 
3,742.1  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 E xport and Import Controls Bureau (EICB) against Canada's tarif f quota commitments.  These figures may differ 
from total imported quantities reported by Statistics Canada, International Trade Division.  
 
2. CTS TQID 
 
3. Imports of fluid milk by c onsumers are not counted.  By virtue of Genera l Import Permit #1, which regulates the importation of dairy products for personal use, any resident of 
Canada may import fluid milk.  Th e General Import Permit may be invoked an unlimited number of times.    
 
 
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