Arthur Pelliccione
January 2020
The International Cheese Council of Canada (ICCC) represents Canadian importers of cheeses. The ICCC was founded in 1976 after cheese was added to the Import Control List on June 6, 1975, which led to the current Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) restrictions on cheese imports.
We do not represent domestic dairy farmers/processors. Instead, the ICCC represents dedicated, innovative, and active Canadian importers, marketers, and distributors of international specialty cheeses.
Arthur Pelliccione
Paul Blake
Patrick Pelliccione
Alexander Alexakis
Christoph Preusser
Myles Dew
Leeola Zanetti
Joe Dal Ferro
January 2020
The International Cheese Council of Canada (ICCC) represents Canadian importers of cheese. Our Members want to import more cheese, and provide more competition and choice for Canadian consumers. We did not get our fair share of the 16,000,000 kilograms of new cheese Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ) created by the Canada and European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). As importers, we support the Government of Canada’s progressive trade agenda, and the orderly elimination of Canada’s current 250% customs tariffs on cheese imports.