Ministry of Economy
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
2005.70.90  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: 6,092 100.0 0 0.0 0.0     Total 6,092 100.0
  Ontario 2,623 43.1 0 0.0 0.0   1 Greece 2,493 40.9
  Quebec 1,972 32.4 0 0.0 0.0   2 United States 1,543 25.3
  British Columbia 1,433 23.5 0 0.0 0.0   3 Spain 1,234 20.3
  Alberta 64 1.1 0 0.0 0.0   4 Italy 417 6.9
  Manitoba 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   5 Argentina 77 1.3
                6 Morocco 67 1.1
                7 Lebanon 66 1.1
                8 France 43 0.7
                9 Turkey 33 0.5
                10 Israel 32 0.5
                       
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 8 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2008
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 70 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 54 77.1      
2 Bolivia (República de) 5 7.1      
3 Venezuela (República de) 4 5.7      
4 Panama (República de) 3 4.3      
5 Suecia (Reino de) 2 2.9      
6 Belice 1 1.4      
7 Honduras (República de) 1 1.4      
             
             
               
               
   
4 Canadian importers 2007                  
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
A. BOSA & CO. LTD. 1 Vancouver British Columbia V5K 4Y3
AGROCAN INC. 2 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 1H8
ALIMENTS CIBONA FOODS INC 3 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4S 1N3
ALIMENTS TOUSAIN INC 4 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 2E1
ARISTON IMPORTING CO LIMITED 5 Toronto Ontario M1J 1K9
CANADA SAFEWAY LIMITED 6 Calgary Alberta T2E 7V8
CLIC INTERNATIONAL INC. 7 Laval Quebec H7S 1N5
CONCORD SALES LTD. 8 North Vancouver British Columbia V7J 2K7
CORPORATION ALIMENTAIRE WHYTE'S INC./WHYTE'S FOOD CORPORATION 9 Laval Quebec H7L 2N6
COSTCO WHOLESALE CANADA LTD 10 Ottawa Ontario K2E 1C5
KRINOS FOODS CANADA LTD. 11 Concord Ontario L4K 1P6
LA CIE MCCORMICK CANADA CO-CLUBHOUSE DIVISION 12 London Ontario N5W 3V9
LOBLAWS INC. 13 Brampton Ontario L6Y 5S5
MANTAB INC 14 Pointe-Claire Quebec H9R 4X5
MARIO SARDO SALES INC. 15 Caledon Ontario L7E 4E4
MARIO SAROLI SALES INC 16 Toronto Ontario M9L 2Y7
OLIVER OLIVES INC 17 Caledon Ontario L7E 4E4
PANTRY SHELF FOOD CORPORATION 18 Mississauga Ontario L4V 1P3
PASTENE INC. 19 Anjou Quebec H1J 1X9
PILAROS INTERNATIONAL TRADING INC 20 Laval Quebec H7W 5N4
PRODUITS PHOENICIA INC/PHOENICIA PRODUCTS INC 21 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4S 1T2
SHAFER-HAGGART LTD. 22 Vancouver British Columbia V6E 4E2
SMUCKER FOODS OF CANADA CO. LA COMPAGNIE DE PRODUITS ALIMENT 23 Markham Ontario L3R 0P3
UNICO INC 24 Concord Ontario L4K 2A4
ZEEA MARKETING INC. 25 Toronto Ontario M1L 3W5
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