Committee on Import Licensing - Replies to questionnaire on import licensing procedures - Notification under Article 7.3 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures - 2025 - Canada

REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES[1]

NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 7.3 OF THE AGREEMENT
ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES (2025)

CANADA

 

The following communication, dated 3 October 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.. 2

2   ANIMALS, ANIMAL PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS. 3

3   BEEF AND VEAL. 8

4   CARBON AND SPECIALTY STEEL. 10

5   CETACEANS, SHARK FINS AND PARTS OF SHARK FINS. 12

6   CHICKEN, TURKEY AND EGGS. 17

7   CLOTHING. 19

8   CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES, AND CANNABIS. 22

9   DAIRY PRODUCTS AND MARGARINE. 27

10   DONOR SPERM AND OVA. 30

11   DRUGS, BLOOD, NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS AND MEDICAL DEVICES. 32

12   EXPLOSIVES. 34

13   FOOD AND BEVERAGES. 36

14   NUCLEAR SUBSTANCES, PRESCRIBED EQUIPMENT AND PRESCRIBED
INFORMATION.. 39

15   OIL OR GAS. 42

16   PESTICIDES. 44

17   PLANT PESTS, PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS. 47

18   TEXTILES. 49

19   WHEAT, BARLEY AND THEIR PRODUCTS. 52

20   WILD ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 54



[1] See _G/LIC/3, Annex, for the Questionnaire.