1.1 The purposes of this Notice are:
a. To inform importers of the Ministers policies and practices respecting the administration of the 3,274,000 kilogram tariff rate quota (TRQ) for butter, dairy spreads, and fats and oils derived from milk, other than butter or dairy spreads. It should be read with the Import Allocation Regulations and the Import Permit Regulations. Where elements of the present Notice augment these Regulations, those elements are to be read as expressions of the Minister's normal practices and procedures; and
b. To inform importers that the TRQ for butter, dairy spreads, and fats and oils derived from milk, other than butter or dairy spreads for the 2013-2014 marketing year has been entirely allocated to the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC).