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title: "Dairy, poultry and eggs: Global Affairs Canada · Adhoc"
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# Dairy, poultry and eggs and foods made from them

Global Affairs Canada · Import Control List

Within the quota, dairy, poultry and eggs need a permit for that shipment. Over the quota, they pay the higher duty.

## To import dairy, poultry and eggs under quota

### Once, before your first shipment

- **Get an EIPA number.** GAC's importer number for permits. One form, sent once.

### On every shipment

- **Within the quota: a permit for that shipment.** Where you hold an allocation, each permit draws on it.
- **Without one: General Import Permit 100.** The goods pay the higher over-access duty.

### Every year

- **Apply for the year's allocations.** Only Canadian residents can hold them, and each lasts one quota year. Some quotas need none: they are first come, first served.
- **Return allocation you won't use, by the deadline.** Under-using an allocation can cost you some of next year's.

## Is your product covered?

Mainly in these parts of the tariff: [Live animals; animal products](https://www.useadhoc.com/hs-codes#section-i) · [Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco](https://www.useadhoc.com/hs-codes#section-iv) · [Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes](https://www.useadhoc.com/hs-codes/35)

A few codes also in: [Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils; prepared edible fats; waxes](https://www.useadhoc.com/hs-codes/15)

[Look up an HS code](https://www.useadhoc.com/hs-codes)

## Documents you may need

| Document | When you need it | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shipment-specific permit, Issued by GAC for one shipment | Each shipment within the quota | If it applies |
| General Import Permit 100, Published by GAC; no application | Over the quota, or without a permit for it | If it applies |

## What stops goods at the border

> **Goods still enter without a quota permit.** They come in under General Import Permit 100 and pay the higher over-access duty.

## Allocation dates

- Nov 15 Applications close for next year's allocations, Quotas that run by calendar year, such as cheese, chicken and eggs. Applications open 1 October.
- Jun 15 Applications close for allocations from 1 August, Butter, cream, cream powders, milk, milk powders and whey powder. Applications open 1 May.
- Dec 31 Calendar-year allocations expire, Unused allocation doesn't carry over.

Also from Global Affairs Canada: [Wheat and barley](https://www.useadhoc.com/agencies/global-affairs-canada/farm-goods/wheat-and-barley) · [Beef and veal](https://www.useadhoc.com/agencies/global-affairs-canada/farm-goods/beef-and-veal)

## Questions

### Can I carry an allocation into next year?

No. Every allocation expires at the end of its quota year.

## Sources

- [General information on the administration of TRQs for supply-managed products](https://www.international.gc.ca/trade-commerce/controls-controles/notices-avis/trq_info_ct.aspx?lang=eng), Global Affairs Canada, modified 2026-07-30
- [Key dates and access quantities 2026-2027: tariff rate quotas for supply-managed products](https://www.international.gc.ca/trade-commerce/controls-controles/trq-dates-ct.aspx?lang=eng), Global Affairs Canada, modified 2026-11-09
- [Memorandum D19-10-2: Administration of the Export and Import Permits Act (importations)](https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d19/d19-10-2-eng.html), CBSA, modified 2026-10-22
- [Import permits](https://www.international.gc.ca/controls-controles/about-a_propos/impor/permits-licences.aspx?lang=eng), Global Affairs Canada, modified 2025-12-04

Reviewed November 9, 2026.

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