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Canada: Canadian Government Consulting on CETA TRQs

The Canadian Government has opened consultations on the administration of the new Tariff Rate Quotas and Origin Quotas that will be established under the Canada-European Union Comprehensive...
The United States is poised to exceed past record levels of food and agricultural exports to Colombia, which in 2015 was the 8th largest market worldwide with $2.4 billion in sales.
Graphic illustrating the growth of U.S. agricultural exports in response to trade agreements over the past 70 years.
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2015 Top Export Customers - #1 Canada

Graphic illustrating the total export of U.S. agricultural products to Canada in 2015, including the total value and top 5 commodities.
In the fall of 2015, the Canadian government committed to bring in tougher regulations to eliminate industrially produced transfats in processed foods.
Attaché Report (GAIN)

Mexico: Mexico Establishes TRQs But no Need to Worry

Mexico establishing tariff rate quotas (TRQ) for the import of live cattle for feeding purposes, fresh, chilled, and frozen beef; and paddy, husked brow, milled, other and broken rice.
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2015 Top Export Customers - #3 Mexico

Graphic illustrating the total export of U.S. agricultural products to Mexico, including the total value and top 5 commodities.
The federal government announced the intention to eliminate the MFN tariffs on a long list of imported food items to be used as ingredients by domestic food manufacturing companies.
On June 7, 2016, the Secretariat of Economy (SE) published in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register) the final resolution on the anti-dumping investigation against imported U.S. apples.
Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is seeking comments on its proposed cancellation of all iprodione uses in Canada.