Ministry of Economy
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
0910.99.90  Other
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2008   Main suppliers 2008
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 6,460 100.0 31 100.0 0.5     Total 6,460 100.0
  Ontario 4,043 62.6 18 58.1 0.4   1 United States 1,874 29.0
  British Columbia 1,581 24.5 5 16.1 0.3   2 India 1,484 23.0
  Quebec 634 9.8 4 12.9 0.6   3 China 511 7.9
  Alberta 171 2.6 1 3.2 0.6   4 Turkey 484 7.5
  Manitoba 29 0.4 2 6.5 6.9   5 Thailand 388 6.0
  Saskatchewan 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   6 Spain 245 3.8
  Nova Scotia 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   7 Germany 161 2.5
  New Brunswick 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   8 Jamaica 144 2.2
                9 United Arab Emirates 114 1.8
                10 Korea, South 103 1.6
                19 Mexico 31 0.5
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 3 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2008
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 2,977 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 2,882 96.8      
2 Turquia (República de) 38 1.3      
3 Japon 19 0.6      
4 Canada 14 0.5      
5 Belice 11 0.4      
6 Cuba (República de) 11 0.4      
7 Costa Rica (República de) 1 0.0      
8 Hong Kong (Teritorio de ) 1 0.0      
             
               
               
   
4 Canadian importers 2007                  
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
ASIAN FOOD CENTRE 1 Toronto Ontario M9V 3Z7
BANGKOK MEAT BALLS FOOD CO. LIMITED 2 Toronto Ontario M1V 5H8
BEDESSEE IMPORTS LTD 3 Toronto Ontario M1P 3A5
BLUE LINE DISTRIBUTING OF CANADA 4 Mississauga Ontario L5J 1K5
C.B. POWELL LIMITED C.B. POWELL LIMITEE 5 Mississauga Ontario L4W 4Y6
CAMPBELL COMPANY OF CANADA/COMPAGNIE CAMPBELL DU CANADA 6 Toronto Ontario M8V 2B8
CANADA SAFEWAY LIMITED 7 Calgary Alberta T2E 7V8
CARBO HERBAL SUPPLIES INC. 8 Toronto Ontario M1S 3R6
CARICAN INTERNATIONAL 9 Mississauga Ontario L5M 6J7
CLASSIC FOODS & PRODUCE LTD 10 Calgary Alberta T2B 3N9
DAN-D FOODS LTD. 11 Richmond British Columbia V7A 4V1
DONG THANH SUPERMARKET 12 Vancouver British Columbia V5V 3C8
DONG-PHUONG ORIENTAL MARKET LTD 13 Edmonton Alberta T5G 2X9
ELCO FINE FOODS INC 14 Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1G5
ENCORE INTERNATIONAL 15 Baie-d'Urfé Quebec H9X 4B4
EVERGREEN HERBS LTD. 16 Surrey British Columbia V3S 0L5
EVERGROW TRADING INC. 17 Toronto Ontario M1S 3J1
FAR EAST NORTH AMERICA FOOD LTD. 18 Richmond British Columbia V6V 1K9
FARAH IMPEX LTD 19 Toronto Ontario M1G 1P5
FRUITICANA PRODUCE LTD. 20 Delta British Columbia V4C 6P7
GAGAN FOODS INTERNATIONAL LTD. 21 Delta British Columbia V4G 1J5
GLOBAL TRADERS 22 Burnaby British Columbia V5J 3X3
GREENWORLD FOOD EXPRESS INC. 23 Oakville Ontario L6K 3S3
GRIFFITH LABORATORIES LIMITED 24 Toronto Ontario M1L 3J8
HANIF'S INTERNATIONAL FOODS LTD. 25 Delta British Columbia V3M 6M8
HORTON SPICE MILLS LIMITED 26 Markham Ontario L3R 1B3
INTERNATIONAL HERBS (B.C.) LTD. 27 Surrey British Columbia V4P 1M5
ITN FOOD CORPORATION 28 Toronto Ontario M1S 3S2
K.I. LITSTER LIMITED 29 Toronto Ontario M9A 2R6
LA CIE MCCORMICK CANADA CO-CLUBHOUSE DIVISION 30 London Ontario N5W 3V9
LES ALIMENTS CONCENTRES C E L L , S E C 31 Pointe-Claire Quebec H9R 4Z2
LES ALIMENTS NUTRIFRESH LIMITEE/NUTRIFRESH FOODS LIMITED 32 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 1W2
LES FINES HERBES DE CHEZ NOUS INC 33 Beloeil Quebec J3G 4S5
LES INGREDIENTS ALIMENTAIRES BSA, S.E.C. 34 Saint-Léonard Quebec H1P 3E1
MAS INTERNATIONAL FOODS INC 35 Mississauga Ontario L5N 8G9
NEW WORLD IMPORTS LTD. 36 Richmond British Columbia V6V 1Y6
OSCAR CAPITAL INC. 37 Burnaby British Columbia V5J 5J1
PAN-ASIA FOOD CO. LTD. 38 Mississauga Ontario L5T 2J3
PAOJUNG ENTERPRISES (CANADA) LTD. 39 New Westminster British Columbia V3M 6Z3
PHARMETICS INC. 40 Laval Quebec H7L 3H7
QUALITY NATURAL FOODS LTD 41 Toronto Ontario M1V 4A8
RAVEEN SEAFOOD IMPORTER 42 Markham Ontario L3S 2V4
ROSE HILL FOODS INC./LES ALIMENTS ROSE HILL INC. 43 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4S 2A2
SANTA MARIA FOODS ULC 44 Brampton Ontario L6T 5M4
SENSIENT DEHYDRATED FLAVORS CANADA, INC. 45 Toronto Ontario M5H 3C2
SEOUL TRADING CORP. 46 Port Coquitlam British Columbia V3C 6E6
SHAH TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 47 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4S 1Y6
SHASHI FOODS INC. 48 Toronto Ontario M4G 4H2
STOKES SEEDS LIMITED 49 Thorold Ontario L2V 5E9
SUTHARSIKA TRADERS LTD 50 Toronto Ontario M1V 5E4
THAI INDOCHINE TRADING INC 51 Markham Ontario L3S 3J1
THAI UNITED FOOD TRADING LTD 52 Richmond British Columbia V7A 4S5
TOP-OP (CANADA) LTD 53 Mississauga Ontario L5T 1X8
TREE OF LIFE CANADA INC. 54 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3X4
USHER'S WHOLESALE GROCERS 55 Brampton Ontario L6T 5W5
VAANI MARKETING LIMITED 56 Toronto Ontario M1S 3R3
VAN EEGHEN INTERNATIONAL (NORTH AMERICA) INC 57 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 4L5
VICTORIAN EPICURE INC. 58 Sidney British Columbia V8L 6A8
WESTERN RICE MILLS LTD. 59 Vancouver British Columbia V5X 3Y1
Note:  This successful export product was obtained as a result of the following criteria:          
 1) The MFN tariffs applied by Canada to these products are at least three percent (considering that tariffs applied to Mexican products are currently 
      zero). MFN tariffs are defined as those applied to countries that do not  have a Free Trade Agreement with Canada.    
 2) Canadian imports of the product have grown by an annual average of at least 10% in the last two years.      
 3) Canadian imports from MFN countries surpassed US 100,000 for each product during the last year.        
 4) Mexico’s total exports of the product are valued at US 50,000 or more.              
                     
Source:  The Ministry of the Economy with data from Banxico, Statistics Canada and Canada Customs Revenue Agency