Agriculture committee  Processed pork.

Agriculture committee  No.

Agriculture committee  That's just on pork.

Agriculture committee  Edouard also mentioned the EU. We were at ANUGA three weeks ago, and the potential for that market is amazing. We expected we would be able to sell legs, or whatever. Now it's chilled pork, very high value-added, and that one is really important for us. The key joker there is I

International Trade committee  Oh, definitely.

International Trade committee  We were creative in the sense that we couldn't get the same tariff elimination as the U.S., so we had to give some advantage to our producers and exporters. By getting that tariff-free quota that the Americans don't have, then at least we were able to introduce ourselves for the

International Trade committee  We export 45 tons.

International Trade committee  Just to answer your question on the duty-free quota, Canada is the only that has it. The Americans only have the elimination of the tariffs over the five to 10 years. We say that there are significant opportunities because of the economic growth in Peru, and also its increasing

International Trade committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, honourable members, let me introduce the organization that I represent here today. Canada Pork International is the export promotion and development agency of the Canadian pork industry and it brings together the hog producers, pork processors and trading c

Agriculture committee  It's a huge opportunity, and it's the last one that needs to be opened.

Agriculture committee  How important is it to our industry to export? Well, we are the most export dependent of all the large producers in the world—besides maybe Denmark, but Denmark is part of the European Union. The share of other countries, such as the U.S.... Their export share is, what, 15% or 20

Agriculture committee  We were told seven years.

Agriculture committee  Yes. Right now the demand for our pork comes from the major five-star hotels, such as the Oberoi, the Taj Mahal—those chains. That's where the demand is. You're talking about something like 300 million people who could afford meat eventually. If we only get 10% of that, it's a wh

Agriculture committee  No, in fact there are more. But the Russians have the habit of delisting plants after one test, and their standards are not the same as those in the other countries. They use this as a way to limit imports. You were also talking about the European Union. The WTO has.... There wa

Agriculture committee  On the railways, I'll give you an example. CP just refused to handle chilled pork for three weeks around Christmas. That is completely unacceptable. How can we supply the Japanese market if we have to say, sorry, we can't deliver the product? That is one thing. Also, you only ha