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Trucks wait for crossing into Poland at the Rava-Ruska border checkpoint in Ukraine’s Lviv region on April 17, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Roman Baluk)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

EU extends restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports

Restrictions won't apply to seed for planting

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Warsaw/Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission said Monday it was extending until Sept. 15 an arrangement whereby five of Ukraine’s EU neighbours can restrict imports of Ukrainian grain. The EU on May 2 allowed the five countries — Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia — to ban domestic sales of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed […] Read more
A barley crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on July 30, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Barley, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Australia reaches deal with China in barley dispute

Trade shift may be 'bad news' for Canada and other exporters

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Sydney/Beijing | Reuters — Australia has reached an agreement with China to resolve their dispute over barley imports, the two countries said on Tuesday, a latest sign of improving ties between the major commodity trade partners. Relations between the two had been strained for years, and worsened after Australia called for an inquiry into the […] Read more
File photo of a Canadian Holstein dairy cow outdoors. (Diane Kuhl/iStock/Getty Images)
Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

New U.S. ag trade chief demands Canada broaden dairy quota access

USTR's new ag rep's eyes also on Mexico GM corn ban

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Washington | Reuters — Canada must let U.S. processors of cheese, ice cream, yogurt, milk powder and other dairy products have access to its import quotas to resolve a second U.S. dairy trade challenge, Washington’s new agricultural trade boss told Reuters. Doug McKalip, chief agricultural trade negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative’s office, told Reuters […] Read more
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Crops, Lentils, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: India looking for lentils, large Australian crop in play

India extends zero-rate tariff

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MarketsFarm — An extension of zero-rate tariffs on lentils moving into India for another year should be a clear sign that the country is in the market for imports. However, Canadian lentil sales to India face stiff competition, with a large Australian crop likely to limit movement going forward. India announced at the end of […] Read more
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Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets

U.S. brings new Canadian dairy tariff rate quota complaint

'Additional aspects' of Canadian rules now at issue

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U.S. federal trade officials plan a whole other challenge of Canada’s allocations of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) on U.S. dairy imports — on top of a challenge they’re already seeking — saying they’ve now found Canada’s revised policies are problematic in new and different ways. Canada in May published revisions of its TRQ allocation policies […] Read more
A container terminal at the Port of Vancouver. (FangXiaNuo/E+/Canada)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.K. is asked to reconsider ag tariff in Trans-Pacific talks

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Tokyo | Reuters — Japan, Australia and other members of a trans-Pacific trade pact have asked Britain to reconsider tariff conditions in its entry negotiation talks, Jiji news reported on Monday. Britain has opposed expanding the target of tariff-free items, particularly among agricultural products, to near 100 per cent as set by the Comprehensive and […] Read more
File photo of fresh cherries purchased from an orchard’s roadside stand at Penticton, B.C. (Amy Mitchell/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Fruit/Vegetables

B.C. cherries cleared for export to Korea

Canada-Korea free trade pact a step ahead on lower tariffs

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Canada’s seven-year-old free trade pact with South Korea already provides for reduced tariffs on cherries from British Columbia — a commodity that’s just been approved for export to Korea for the first time starting this month. Canadian agriculture and food safety officials announced Aug. 10 that talks with Seoul on import rules and certifications had […] Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on July 19 attended an event in Winnipeg marking the 50th anniversary of Cereals Canada with that organization’s CEO Dean Dias. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Direct compensation for fertilizer tariffs not on table

Eastern farm groups call for help ahead of fall seeding

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Farmers in Eastern Canada who rely on imports of Russian-made fertilizers aren’t going to see direct compensation for the federal government’s general tariff on those products. A clutch of farmer and ag industry groups on July 15 put forward a new request to Ottawa for compensation to farmers “negatively impacted” by a 35 per cent […] Read more

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