Ministry of Economy
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
1902.19.92  Containing 25% or more by weight of wheat, in packages of a weight not exceeding 2.3 kg each, over access commitment
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2008   Main suppliers 2008
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 12,968 100.0 0 0.0 0.0     Total 12,968 100.0
  Ontario 7,171 55.3 0 0.0 0.0   1 United States 8,993 69.3
  British Columbia 3,285 25.3 0 0.0 0.0   2 Korea, South 834 6.4
  Manitoba 1,117 8.6 0 0.0 0.0   3 Japan 787 6.1
  Alberta 580 4.5 0 0.0 0.0   4 Italy 728 5.6
  Saskatchewan 424 3.3 0 0.0 0.0   5 China 671 5.2
  Quebec 387 3.0 0 0.0 0.0   6 Taiwan 355 2.7
  New Brunswick 5 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   7 Hong Kong 212 1.6
                8 Guyana 81 0.6
                9 Thailand 79 0.6
                10 Germany 64 0.5
                       
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 4 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2008
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 52,123 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 41,367 79.4      
2 Puerto Rico 1,971 3.8      
3 Guatemala (República de) 1,911 3.7      
4 Trinidad y Tobago (República de) 1,618 3.1      
5 Honduras (República de) 1,202 2.3      
6 Angola (República Popular de) 977 1.9      
7 Panama (República de) 549 1.1      
8 Cuba (República de) 496 1.0      
9 Colombia (República de) 488 0.9      
10 El Salvador (República de ) 342 0.7        
               
   
4 Canadian importers 2007                  
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
A & P CANADA CO. 1 Toronto Ontario M9B 1B9
A. BOSA & CO. LTD. 2 Vancouver British Columbia V5K 4Y3
AULCORP FOOD MARKETERS & DISTRIBUTORS INC 3 Concord Ontario L4K 3V2
BEL-GO,BEL-CAN 4 Blainville Quebec J7E 4H4
CAMPBELL COMPANY OF CANADA/COMPAGNIE CAMPBELL DU CANADA 5 Toronto Ontario M8V 2B8
COSTCO WHOLESALE CANADA LTD 6 Ottawa Ontario K2E 1C5
EXCELSIOR FOODS INC 7 Toronto Ontario M9L 1Z9
FAIR TRADING COMPANY 8 Toronto Ontario M1V 5C7
FALESCA IMPORTING LTD. 9 North Vancouver British Columbia V7H 1S1
GENERAL MILLS CANADA CORPORATION /CORPORATION GENERAL MILLS 10 Mississauga Ontario L4W 5P6
I-D FOODS CORPORATION CORPORATION DES ALIMENTS I-D 11 Toronto Ontario M9W 5T9
IMPORTATION BERCHICCI LTEE/BERCHICCI IMPORTING LTD. 12 Saint-Léonard Quebec H1P 3J8
ITAL-PLUS IMPORTS INC 13 Ottawa Ontario K1R 7R4
ITALPASTA LIMITED 14 Brampton Ontario L6T 5A9
KRAFT CANADA DON MILLS 15 Toronto Ontario M3B 3L6
LES PRODUITS ALIMENTAIRES SA-GER INC 16 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4R 1E1
LOBLAWS INC. 17 Brampton Ontario L6Y 5S5
MOLISANA IMPORTS 18 Toronto Ontario M9L 2W5
NADISCORP LOGISTICS GROUP INC 19 Burlington Ontario L7L 6W6
NATIONAL IMPORTERS CANADA LTD 20 Richmond British Columbia V6W 1J7
NEW WORLD IMPORTS LTD. 21 Richmond British Columbia V6V 1Y6
NORTH AMERICAN TEA & COFFEE INC. 22 Delta British Columbia V4G 1L9
NUMAGE TRADING INC DBA MAURO FOODS 23 Concord Ontario L4K 4V4
RONZONI FOODS CANADA CORPORATION/CORPORATION D'ALIMENTS RONZ 24 Montréal Quebec H1N 2E5
SANTA MARIA FOODS ULC 25 Brampton Ontario L6T 5M4
SAPORITO FOODS INC 26 Markham Ontario L3R 1C2
SHEUNG KEE TRADING COMPANY INC 27 Markham Ontario L3P 1M4
SUNOPTA INC. 28 Brampton Ontario L7A 0H2
SYSCO FOOD SERVICES OF CANADA, INC. 29 Toronto Ontario M9B 6J8
UNICO INC 30 Concord Ontario L4K 2A4
UNILEVER COSMETICS INTERNATIONAL (CANADA) 31 Toronto Ontario M4W 3R2
VITA MILLS INC. 32 Richmond British Columbia V6X 1W3
WELLBOND IMPORT EXPORT INC 33 Toronto Ontario M1W 2P7
WESTFAIR FOODS LTD. 34 Calgary Alberta T2P 2H9
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