Canada Gains Market Access for Live Breeding Cattle and Swine to Georgia

Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay and Minister of International Trade Chrystia Freeland announced today that the Government of Canada has secured export market access for live breeding cattle and live breeding swine to the country of Georgia. Canadian cattle and swine breeders can immediately begin exporting to this market. Georgian breeders also benefit by gaining access to Canada’s world-class animal genetics. Canadian industry estimates that the total gains from access to this new market could be worth up to $2.5 million annually.

Quick facts

• In 2014, two-way trade between Canada and Georgia was $90.3 million, with Canadian exports to Georgia totaling $14.2 million and imports from Georgia totaling $76.1 million.
• The value of Canadian agri-food and seafood exports to Georgia reached $7.4 million in 2014. Agri-food and seafood exports to Georgia include frozen pork, frozen Pacific salmon, lentils, frozen chicken cuts, and trees, shrubs and bushes.
• Total Canadian global exports of animal genetics reached $166.3 million in 2014, representing an important export commodity for Canadian producers, while Georgia imported a total of $US 1.7 million in animal genetics.

Source: AGFC