Beef and veal tariff rate quota and import permits

Beef and veal tariff rate quota by country allocation
(tonnes)
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Australia	35,000	35,000	35,000	35,000	35,000
New Zealand	29,600	29,600	29,600	29,600	29,600
MFN Pool [1]	11,809	11,809	11,809	11,809	11,809
Global Quota	76,409	76,409	76,409	76,409	76,409
Supplementary quota approved	-	-	-	-	-
Unused quota	37,711	33,984	45,342	45,326	39,147
Tarrif Rate Quota - %	26.5	-	-	-	-

Permits Issued
(tonnes)
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Australia	16,240	13,463	7,313	10,318	15,339
New Zealand	12,895	17,465	12,020	10,319	9,963
Uruguay	9,645	11,748	11,405	7,405	8,431
Brazil	-	-	-	2,916	3,480
United Kingdom	24.5	-	-	-	-
Argentina	32.5	21	275.6	66	19
Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-
Ireland	-	-	-	-	-
Japan	28.2	17.2	53.2	58.9	29
Total Permits Issued	38,865	42,425	31,067	31,083	37,262
[1] This portion of the quota is available to members of the World Trade Organization on a "Most Favoured Nation" basis. Source: Export Import Controls Bureau, Global Affairs Canada Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

2023

Beef and veal import permits, by type of meat
(tonnes)
	Grinding Beef	Cuts	Total	Total (%)
Australia	10,080	5,259	15,339	41.2%
New Zealand	6,045	3,919	9,963	26.7%
Uruguay	5,908	2,523	8,431	22.6%
Other	1,735	1,793	3,529	9.5%
Total	23,768	13,494	37,262	100.00%
Source: Export Import Controls Bureau, Global Affairs Canada Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

2022

Beef and veal import permits, by type of meat
(tonnes)
	Grinding Beef	Cuts	Total	Total (%)
Australia	6,765	3,487	10,252	33.2%
New Zealand	5,783	4,432	10,215	33.0%
Uruguay	4,757	2,649	7,405	24.0%
Other	1,570	1,471	3,041	9.8%
Total	18,875	12,039	30,914	100.0%
Source: Export Import Controls Bureau, Global Affairs Canada Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

2021

Beef and veal import permits, by type of meat
(tonnes)
	Grinding Beef	Cuts	Total	Total (%)
Australia	4,412	2,901	7,313	23.5%
New Zealand	6,095	5,925	12,020	38.7%
Uruguay	8,697	2,708	11,405	36.9%
Other	228	101	329	0.9%
Total	19,432	11,634	31,067	100%
Source: Export Import Controls Bureau, Global Affairs Canada Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

2020

Beef and veal import permits, by type of meat
(tonnes)
	Grinding Beef	Cuts	Total	Total (%)
Australia	8,720	4,608	13,327	31.4%
New Zealand	9,453	7,858	17,311	40.8%
Uruguay	9,488	2,260	11,748	27.7%
Other	-	38	39	0.1%
Total	27,661	14,764	42,425	100%
Source: Export Import Controls Bureau, Global Affairs Canada Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

2019

Beef and veal import permits, by type of meat
(tonnes)
	Grinding Beef	Cuts	Total	Total (%)
Australia	11,475	4,766	16,241	41.8%
New Zealand	8,921	3,974	12,895	33.2%
Uruguay	7,734	1,911	9,645	24.9%
Other	24	61	85	0.08%
Total	28,154	10,712	38,866	100.0%
Source: Export Import Controls Bureau, Global Affairs Canada Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

2018

Beef and veal import permits, by type of meat
(tonnes)
	Grinding Beef	Cuts	Total	Total (%)
Australia	16,456	6,004	22,459	43.1%
New Zealand	11,017	6,820	17,837	34.2%
Uruguay	9,936	1,866	11,802	22.6%
Other	-	7	7	0.1%
Total	37,409	14,697	52,105	100.0%
Source: Export Import Controls Bureau, Global Affairs Canada Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

2017

Beef and veal import permits, by type of meat
(tonnes)
	Grinding Beef	Cuts	Total	Total (%)
Australia	12,512	5,799	18,311	38.3%
New Zealand	11,120	6,586	17,706	37.0%
Uruguay	9,412	2,171	11,583	24.2%
Other	0.0	230.7	230.8	0.5%
Total	33,045	14,787	47,832	100.0%
Source: Export Import Controls Bureau, Global Affairs Canada Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

2016

Beef and veal import permits, by type of meat
(tonnes)
	Grinding Beef	Cuts	Total	Total (%)
Australia	22,189	6,705	28,895	48.7%
New Zealand	11,041	7,543	18,585	31.4%
Uruguay	9,217	2,185	11,402	19.2%
Other	84.3	319.9	404.2	1%
Total	42,532	16,754	59,286	100%
Source: Export Import Controls Bureau, Global Affairs Canada Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

2015

Beef and veal import permits, by type of meat
(tonnes)
	Grinding Beef	Cuts	Total	Total (%)
Australia	24,887	10,112	34,999	50.97%
New Zealand	12,647	9,220	21,867	31.84%
Uruguay	10,696	1,109	11,805	17.19%
Other	0.27	3.69	3.97	0.00%
Total	48,229	20,441	68,670	100%
Source: Export Import Controls Bureau, Global Affairs Canada Compiled by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Animal Industry Division, Market Information Section

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