International Trade committee  That's correct, yes.

International Trade committee  First of all, as I mentioned, in 2006 we almost completely lost the market. Since then we've been trying hard to gain something back; however, our market share is pretty minimal. If we manage to get preferential access, we'll be able to take some market share from the U.S. We est

International Trade committee  No, that would be a direct input from the FTA, definitely. You're right, there is a restraint on the supply of pork worldwide, but that hasn't actually stopped Canada from being able to serve many markets. We're present in the major markets out there. I guess that's in major part

International Trade committee  It is clear that the world is always changing and the markets have to always adapt to the circumstances out there in terms of the political, economic, and financial restraints imposed on them. You're right when you say that Russia is a big market for us. It's probably our third

International Trade committee  I guess I'll just replicate what my colleagues from the potato industry mentioned. Basically the FTA benefits the very base, the very foundation of the producing sector, as well as farmers, distributors, transporters by train, truck, or you name it. It even benefits financial ser

International Trade committee  I'd say that in the case of the pork meat industry, you're right. When you think about pork chops and loins and high-end items, the market is not there: right. But there are items in this market that we don't sell domestically, and we have to look for an option. We have to look f

International Trade committee  I'd say it's significant for the type of items we could sell over there, yes, and pretty much as for the potato industry, we would like to see this effect being expanded all over Central America. We have already an agreement with Colombia, with Panama. CA4 didn't go through, but

International Trade committee  Definitely. Thank you for the question. Yes, the FDA has allowed us to expand the number of meat plants that become eligible to export to this market. We used to have a very limited number of plants that were able to do so. With this agreement, it is all the CFIA-inspected plant

International Trade committee  I will, very quickly, just to mention the case you brought up of Colombia. With Colombia—correct me if I'm wrong—the balance of trade wasn't very close to what we were selling or what we were exporting to that country and what they were sending back. Isn't it a direct represent