10% tariff on imported canned goods protects Canada's vegetable growers: Feds
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Imported canned goods are getting at 10% tariff in Canada, as of July 1, as a way to protect Canadian growers and canners says Federal Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne.
In a regulatory notice, Champagne said affected goods will include items like Lebanese chickpeas and Filipino beans, according to Blacklock’s Reporter .
“There will be incremental costs for importers of subject canned vegetable goods such as domestic grocers which are likely to have a downstream effect on the price of certain canned vegetables for consumers,” the Finance Department wrote in a Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement.
“A tariff rate of 10% has been chosen to balance the need to protect the Canadian industry from the critical circumstances it is facing.”
The surtax is on select imports of canned black beans, chickpeas, corn, carrots, green beans, “mixed vegetables,” peas, pinto beans, red beans, wax beans and white beans and is in effect for 200 days until Jan. 17, 2027.
“This will increase the cost of importing certain canned vegetable goods while the Canadian International Trade Tribunal conducts an inquiry to determine if longer term measures are warranted,” said the notice.
Goods from U.S. and 3 other countries not affected by tariff
Canned goods from the U.S., Mexico, Chile and Israel are exempt while the tariff applies to canned imports from all other countries, including Egypt, Morocco and other African states, Lebanon and Asian countries including Bangladesh, Pakistan and the Philippines.
“Canada’s free trade agreements require that certain trading partners be accorded preferential treatment when imposing safeguards,” said the Analysis Statement.
“This includes a mandatory exclusion for the United States, Mexico, Chile, Israel and other Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement beneficiaries.”
Tariffed imports were worth $109 million last year.
“Current data suggest there is a reasonable indication certain canned vegetable goods are being imported into Canada in such incrementally higher quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause serious injury to the Canadian canned vegetable industry,” said the statement.
“From 2023 to 2025, imports increased by 22% with 62.8 million kilograms of canned vegetables imported into Canada in 2025.”
The tariff was prompted by appeals from the Canadian Association of Vegetable Growers and Processors.