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CPTPP: Turkey and Turkey Products TRQ – Serial No. 981
Date: February 1, 2020
This Notice replaces Notice to Importers No. 935 dated February 1, 2019 and sets out the policies and practices pertaining to the administration of Canada’s tariff rate quota (TRQ) for turkey and turkey products under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
This Notice is provided pursuant to the authority of the (EIPA) and its corresponding , and remains in effect until further notice.
Table of contents
1. Definitions
- Turkey means a product that is included in items 105 to 113 on the , namely turkey and turkey products falling under heading Nos. 01.05, 02.07, 02.09, 02.10, 16.01 and 16.02 in the list of tariff provisions set out in the Schedule to the .
- For the purposes of this Notice, all quantities of turkey are expressed in eviscerated equivalents pursuant to the List of EIPA commodity codes for turkey.
- Further processing means the manufacturing of products that are on the ICL. Such products include, but are not limited to, patties, nuggets, fingers, rolls or roasts produced from turkey meat; it also means marinating, smoking or drying, coating or seasoning turkey meat.
- Processing means the slaughtering of turkey, cutting up of eviscerated turkey, de-boning of eviscerated or cut up turkey, or further processing of turkey meat.
2. Allocation policy
- To be eligible to apply, you must be active in the Canadian turkey industry at the time of application, and must remain active during the upcoming quota year.
- Note: You must, in addition, have been active in the turkey industry during the reference period.
- Individual applicants and related person applicants are eligible for only one allocation.
- Note: All applicants must provide a list of related persons.
- You must specify in your application the minimum amount of quota you will accept. If your calculated market share allocation is less than 20,000 kg, you are issued an allocation only if the quantity you have specified in your application is equal to or lower than your calculated allocation.
3. Eligibility criteria
You are eligible to apply for an allocation if you are a:
Processor
- that carried on turkey and turkey products processing activities in federally or provincially registered Canadian plants owned and operated by you during the reference period.
- You must exclude the following from your application:
- products that were not processed in federally or provincially registered Canadian plants owned and operated by you;
- products bought and sold for the export market;
- non-ICL products;
- products sold at the retail level to consumers;
- products sold to related persons; and
- live turkey.
Distributor
- that bought (i.e., took ownership of and financial responsibility for) turkey and turkey products and resold it during the reference period, using warehouses and trucks in carrying out this activity.
- Note: Companies that procure or sell turkey and turkey products on behalf of others without taking ownership of or financial responsibility for the products are not eligible to apply for an allocation.
- Note: Retailers do not qualify as distributors and are not eligible for an allocation. A retailer is an establishment that is primarily engaged in retailing food, and which buys turkey and turkey products and sells it directly to final consumers.
- You must exclude the following from your application:
- products bought and sold for the export market;
- non-ICL products;
- products sold to related persons;
- products sold at the retail level to consumers;
- products bought from or sold to other distributors; and
- live turkey.
4. Calculation of allocations
Processors
- 85% is allocated to processors on a market share basis based on the kilograms of turkey and turkey products processed in federally or provincially registered Canadian plants owned and operated by the processor, and subsequently sold, in the reference period.
Distributors
- 15% is allocated to distributors on an equal share basis.
5. Transfer, return, and under-utilization of allocations
- If you wish to transfer any portion of your allocation, you must submit a .
- You may return any portion of your allocation to the Department in writing by the prescribed return date.
- Note: Returned quantities are normally made available seven days after the return date to eligible allocation holders who have not returned any portion of their allocation, in proportion to their initial allocation, or on demand if quantities still remain after the first offer.
- If you use less than 90% of your allocation in one year, you may have your allocation adjusted downward by an under-utilization penalty in the following year.
- Note: Any portion of your allocation that you transfer or return in accordance with the present policy is considered to have been used.
6. Related links
- General information on the administration of Import Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) for supply managed products
- Key dates and access quantities
- Information on related persons
- How to apply for an allocation
- How to apply for an import permit
- Contact us
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