Amendments to Beef and Veal Import Permits

Summary#

This is the Order Amending General Import Permit No. 100 — Eligible Agriculture Goods and General Import Permit No. 13 — Beef and Veal for Personal Use. It changes which bovine meat products (by tariff code and origin) are listed as eligible under those two import permits.

What it does#

• Updates the schedule to General Import Permit No. 100 — Eligible Agriculture Goods by replacing items 21, 22 and 23 to specify that certain carcasses, bone-in cuts and boneless meat of bovine animals that are fresh, chilled or frozen are eligible only if they do not originate in Chile, a CUSMA country, an EU country or other CETA beneficiary. The affected tariff items are 0201.10.20, 0202.10.20, 0201.20.20, 0202.20.20, 0201.30.20 and 0202.30.20.
• Updates the schedule to General Import Permit No. 13 — Beef and Veal for Personal Use by replacing items 1 and 2 to similarly limit eligible bone-in cuts and boneless bovine meat (fresh, chilled or frozen) to those that do not originate in Chile, a CUSMA country, an EU country or other CETA beneficiary. The listed tariff items and headings are 0201.20.10, 0202.20.10, 0201.30.10, 0202.30.10, 98.04 and 98.26.
• The Order ties its start date to the coming-into-force of the act implementing the UK’s accession to the CPTPP (see below).

Who's affected#

• Importers and distributors of beef and other bovine meat who use these permits.
• Travellers bringing beef or veal into Canada for personal use (covered by General Import Permit No. 13).
• Customs brokers and businesses that classify and declare meat imports using the listed tariff numbers.
• It is unclear from the text whether this increases or reduces the number of shipments covered overall; the change mainly adjusts eligibility based on the meat’s country of origin and tariff classification.

Why it matters#

• The change clarifies which origins and tariff codes are covered by two import permits for bovine meat. That can affect who can use those permits at the border and how shipments are declared.
• For importers, that could influence sourcing decisions, paperwork, and possibly costs if meat from the excluded origins must follow different rules. For travellers, it clarifies which personal-use beef is covered by the permit.
• The Order comes into force when An Act to implement the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, chapter 7 of the Statutes of Canada, 2026 comes into force (the Gazette entry was registered June 22, 2026 and published July 1, 2026).