A 19-member Canadian pork delegation is in Japan this week to have a good time a landmark second within the commerce relationship: for the primary time in 40+ years, Canadian pork is the highest imported pork in Japan. The mission underscores many years of belief between Canadian producers and Japanese retailers and customers.
The go to begins in Osaka at Expo 2025, the place the Canadian Pork Council (CPC) and Canada Pork (CP) will host an occasion on the Canadian Pavilion that includes a reducing demo, product sampling, and remarks from CPC and CP representatives. The delegation then travels to Tokyo for a media convention on the Canadian Embassy, alongside further conferences recognizing long-standing Japanese companions.
Trade leaders say the journey is about deepening a confirmed partnership. CPC Chair René Roy highlighted the chance to showcase Canada’s high-quality manufacturing requirements on to the market, whereas CP Chair Hans Kristensen emphasised Canadian pork’s premium positioning in Japan and the significance of continued client consciousness and friendship-based collaboration.
Japan stays one in every of Canada’s most valued pork markets, and stakeholders on either side level to ongoing engagement as key to sustaining market entry, loyalty, and progress. This mission alerts that success in Japan is constructed on steady collaboration and mutual respect—not a one-off milestone.
