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International Trade committee  I can address those. Japan and Vietnam would be the ones where we would expect the most significant growth in trade. I mentioned before the types of tariffs we currently face going into Vietnam. Going into Japan, we have a tariff rate quota for peas and beans, with in-quota rat

April 20th, 2016Committee meeting

Carl Potts

International Trade committee  India is our largest market for pulses by far. We would welcome a closer economic relationship with India through a trade agreement or something like that. We have zero import duties, moving into India at the present time, but India has the ability to use import duties up to a

April 20th, 2016Committee meeting

Carl Potts

International Trade committee  Yes. For us Vietnam is an important marketing consideration in TPP as well. We face import duties between 15% and 20% into Vietnam, and for further processed products, between 5% and 30%. Ratcheting down those import duties allows for the expansion of increased trade there. Vie

April 20th, 2016Committee meeting

Carl Potts

International Trade committee  I can make a couple of comments on that. Certainly a major part of the pulse industry's gross expansion strategy is focusing on the health and nutrition aspects of pulses. Japan and other countries in Asia are certainly health-conscious and have increasing affluence, so we thin

April 20th, 2016Committee meeting

Carl Potts

International Trade committee  I would just echo those comments. I think, as Mr. Wiens mentioned in his comments, we stand to lose market share in those countries if the U.S. and Australia do proceed without this. It is important for Canada to take leadership on the TPP to make sure this deal gets done.

April 20th, 2016Committee meeting

Carl Potts