"Canada by the way imposes a 250-300% tariff on many of our dairy products, the first can of milk, the first little carton of milk, very low price, after that, it gets bad."

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• DW.comFalse. The tariffs Canada imposes on US dairy products are arranged in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). It applies to 14 categories of dairy products, such as milk, butter, cheese, yogurt, and ice cream. As agreed in the USMCA, a certain number of US dairy products is allowed to enter the Canadian market tariff-free. When this limit is reached, other tariff calculations kick in to protect domestic producers. These over-quota tariffs are between 200 and 300%. However, according to the USMCA, Canada has guaranteed that tens of thousands of metric tons of imported US milk per year will face zero tariffs.

  2025-04-04

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