Mr. Dean Foster at the International Trade Committee

On February 14th, 2022. See this statement in context.

February 14th, 2022 / 4:30 p.m.

Director, Trade Negotiations – Africa, Americas, Europe, India, Middle East, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

Dean Foster

Sure, Jay.

Again, I apologize that my video is no longer working.

We are indeed seeing growth in various products in the ag sector. One that I would mention is pet food. It's looking to be toward $9 million in 2021, up from $6 million in 2019. Frozen fish, which is not ag but is food, looks like it is up to over $50 million for 2021, based on preliminary numbers. We also see chilled and frozen pork up to nearly $6 million in exports in 2021. That was one of the big tariff elimination items for Ukraine in the FTA.

Those are a few examples.

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