The purpose is to assist Canadian meals firms succeed in global markets
20 June 2024
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Francis Drouin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Meals, introduced this week an funding of as much as $5.5 million over 3 years to Crew Export Agri-Meals Québec-Canada throughout the AgriMarketing Program, an initiative below the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, to enhance Canadian agri-food firms in attaining global markets.
This funding will permit Crew Export to offer enhance to firms getting into a overseas marketplace for the primary time in addition to the ones lately buying and selling in overseas markets. The goals of the undertaking actions are to allow Canadian firms to advertise their agri-food merchandise in a foreign country, to protected concrete gross sales and contracts of their goal markets, and to extend the price of global agri-food exports in all classes of agri-food merchandise.
Crew Export’s undertaking actions come with facilitating trade conferences, supporting attendance at business presentations, offering technical coaching, and organizing business missions.
“Because of the exhausting paintings of Canadian manufacturers, processors, and exporters, our agriculture and meals exports reached just about $100 billion closing 12 months,” mentioned Lawrence MacAulay, Canada’s minister of agriculture. “I wish to stay that momentum going and make Canada the provider of selection for purchasers around the globe. I haven’t any doubt that this vital funding will give Canadian agri-food exporters the enhance they wish to get their top-quality merchandise on much more kitchen tables.”
“It is a excitement to announce this crucial funding our executive is making so Crew Export can enhance companies which might be becoming a member of global markets for the primary time and bolster the good fortune of current cross-border operations,” added Drouin. “This will likely stimulate the economic system and power income to hardworking, deserving manufacturers.”
“The exports of Canadian agri-food companies in Quebec amounted to a minimum of $11.3 billion in 2023, and this investment will undoubtedly enhance enlargement within the coming years,” added Martin Lavoie, president and CEO of Crew Export Agri-Meals. “I want to thank Agriculture and Agri-Meals Canada for its persevered agree with in our group.”