MONTREAL—Canada’s largest dairy processors are pressing the federal government to allocate to them the lion’s share of higher cheese import quotas from Europe under the new trade deal with the European Union, Saputo chief executive Lino Saputo Jr. said Monday.
Those with a vested interest in the dairy industry, rather than just any business startup, should receive the largest allocations of the additional 17 million kilograms of product from Europe that will be allowed into Canada each year under the deal, Saputo said following a speech to the Canadian Club of Montreal.
An association representing Canada’s dominant dairy processors — Saputo, Agropur and Parmalat — has been pressing its case with Canadian officials. But Saputo says there is little understanding of how the new quotas will be distributed.
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