Ms. Marie-Noëlle Desrochers (Acting Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director General, Market and Industry Services Branch, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food) at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On November 28th, 2022. See this statement in context.

November 28th, 2022 / 5:20 p.m.

Marie-Noëlle Desrochers Acting Chief Agriculture Negotiator and Director General, Market and Industry Services Branch, Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Good evening.

From a tariff perspective, Canadians could import chicken from Ukraine within the volumes that are set in our WTO tariff rate quotas. However, for sanitary reasons and due to the lack of a certificate, there are no precedents of imports of chicken from Ukraine.

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