That’s more than double the number previously approved and
follows an inspection visit by Ukrainian officials to 15 beef and pork plants last
September.
Canada and the Ukraine signed a free trade agreement last
summer, but the legal text has not yet been finalized.
When it is finally adopted, it will provide for duty-free
access to Ukraine for “unlimited” beef and veal, duty-free access for 20,000
tonnes of frozen pork, and duty-free access for unlimited fresh chilled pork.
In 2014, Canada sold the Ukraine 25 tonnes of beef and veal
products, valued at $47,000, and 2,031 tonnes of pork, valued at $4.4 million.
