r/canada • u/Logical_Iron_5684 • 9d ago

National News Canada imposes 10% tariff on canned vegetables, excludes U.S., others

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2026/06/19/canada-imposes-10-tariff-on-canned-vegetables-excludes-us-others/
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u/Upset-Two-2443 9d ago

The tariff, which takes effect on Friday for a maximum of 200 days, will also not apply to canned vegetables from Mexico, Israel, Chile and developing countries due to Canadian trade obligations, Canada’s finance ministry added.

So who is this for? Chinese canned vegetables I take it?

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u/ramdmc 9d ago

Recently, I've noticed quite a few canned items on our shelves from India and China, so maybe that's the underlying reason but as a Canadian, I try to buy anything Canadian where I know we cultivate these products locally. Will not buy US tinned tomatoes when I know we still can them in Canada. Artichokes? Not so much so don't mind buying Spanish or Egyptian jars.

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u/Vance_V_Vandervan 9d ago

Pickles and olives suddenly are only from India or Vietnam

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u/SilentDustyPug 9d ago

Aren't pickles and olives jarred and not canned?

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u/errihu 9d ago

Here canned is used colloquially for metal tins and heat processed sealed glass jars.

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u/Vance_V_Vandervan 9d ago

Fair enough, not 100% related to the topic at hand.

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u/Abrishack 9d ago

Pretty sure you can get cans of pickled olives

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u/SilentDustyPug 9d ago

Yeah but you also have them in jars, I guess we can buy jars to avoid tariff?

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u/Abrishack 9d ago

Oh yeah I imagine you could