ARTICLE · 16 OCTOBER 2025

Canada Opens 2026 TRQ Applications

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Global Affairs Canada ("GAC") recently announced it is now accepting applications for the 2026 tariff rate quotas (the "TRQs") for most dairy products (including cheese, butter and ice cream), and poultry (including eggs).

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Global Affairs Canada ("GAC") recently announced it is now accepting applications for the 2026 tariff rate quotas (the "TRQs") for most dairy products (including cheese, butter and ice cream), and poultry (including eggs). Applications opened on October 1, 2025, and the deadline to apply is November 15, 2025.

What is a TRQ?

Canada has a number of supply-managed goods – largely agricultural products such as milk, butter, cheese, poultry, eggs, etc. Imports of these products into Canada are practically prohibited with punitively high tariff rates (i.e., generally over 200%). However, when negotiating free trade agreements such as the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement ("CUSMA") and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership ("CPTPP"), Canada generally makes market access commitments to its trading partners – agreeing to allow a defined quantity of supply-managed goods to be imported at a lower level of duty. Canada then establishes

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