Canada’s Dairy TRQs 2024 Annual Application Period Now Open

Trade Update • Oct 3, 2023

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) has opened the application period for the 2024 calendar year tariff rate quotas (TRQs) starting October 1, 2023, and with a deadline of November 15, 2023.

Application

The current notices and all application forms can be found on the Supply-Managed TRQs website.

The notices should be read in conjunction with the General Information on the Administration of TRQs for Supply-Managed Products and the Key Dates and Access Quantities 2023-2024: TRQs for Supply-Managed Products.

All TRQ applications should be submitted electronically. The email address to which you must submit your application is provided on each application form and on their Contact Us page.

Background

TRQs

A tariff-rate quota applies a preferential rate of duty to an “in-quota” quantity of imports and a different rate to imports above that in-quota quantity. Under the USMCA, Canada has the right to maintain 14 TRQs on the following types of dairy products: milk, cream, skim milk powder, butter and cream powder, industrial cheeses, cheeses of all types, milk powders, concentrated or condensed milk, yogurt and buttermilk, powdered buttermilk, whey powder, products consisting of natural milk constituents, ice cream and ice cream mixes, and other dairy.

Questions/concerns about Canada’s dairy TRQs or require assistance with your application? We are always here to help, contact us.