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Those cows and other types of food are also well-protected through insane customs fees. Thus summer, Danish cheese exported to Norway has a 277% import fee. Lamb 429%. Supposedly the new government toned things down. Norway (and Switzerland) are one of the few countries not part of EU.


Canada is the same (from the same link above):

"Past this amount, tariffs are exceptionally high, in the neighbourhood of 246% for cheese and over 300% for butter. "


Apparently cheese is so expensive in Canada that there are (profitable!) cheese smuggling rings:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19751695




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