REPLIES TO
QUESTIONNAIRE ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES[1]
Notification under Article 7.3 of the Agreement
on Import Licensing Procedures (2023)
Canada
The following communication, dated 25 February 2025, is being
circulated at the request of the delegation of Canada.
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Introduction
Import
licences are administered by a limited number of government departments, and
they vary in certain particulars from department to department. Consequently,
replies to the Questionnaire have been organized according to the different
legislative instruments under which import licences are maintained.
Table of
Contents
1
ALUMINUM.. 1
2 ANIMALS, ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND
BY-PRODUCTS. 3
3 BEEF AND VEAL. 7
4 CARBON AND SPECIALTY STEEL. 9
5 CETACEANS, SHARK FINS AND PARTS OF
SHARK FINS. 11
6 CHICKEN, TURKEY AND EGGS. 16
7 CLOTHING. 18
8 CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES, AND
CANNABIS. 20
9 DAIRY PRODUCTS AND MARGARINE. 25
10 DONOR SPERM AND OVA. 29
11 DRUGS, BLOOD, NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS
AND MEDICAL DEVICES. 31
12 EXPLOSIVES. 33
13 FOOD AND BEVERAGES. 35
14 NUCLEAR SUBSTANCES, PRESCRIBED
EQUIPMENT AND PRESCRIBED
INFORMATION.. 38
15 OIL OR GAS. 41
16 PESTICIDES. 43
17 PLANT PESTS, PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS. 47
18 ROUGH DIAMONDS. 49
19 TEXTILES. 52
20 WHEAT, BARLEY AND THEIR PRODUCTS. 55
21 WILD ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 57
[1] See _G/LIC/3,
Annex, for the Questionnaire.