Underministry of International Trade Negotiations
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
2008.99.20  Apples, other than pulp
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2007   Main suppliers 2007
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 16,933 100.0 0 0.0 0.0     Total 16,933 100.0
  Ontario 14,173 83.7 0 0.0 0.0   1 United States 15,593 92.1
  British Columbia 2,037 12.0 0 0.0 0.0   2 China 458 2.7
  Quebec 536 3.2 0 0.0 0.0   3 France 376 2.2
  Alberta 82 0.5 0 0.0 0.0   4 Argentina 212 1.2
  Manitoba 62 0.4 0 0.0 0.0   5 Chile 102 0.6
  Nova Scotia 32 0.2 0 0.0 0.0   6 Thailand 70 0.4
  Saskatchewan 11 0.1 0 0.0 0.0   7 Germany 53 0.3
                8 Netherlands 52 0.3
                9 United Kingdom 4 0.0
                10 Poland 3 0.0
                       
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 4 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2007
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 29,065 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 22,268 76.6      
2 Paises Bajos (Reino de Los) 2,003 6.9      
3 Japon 1,315 4.5      
4 España (Reino de) 967 3.3      
5 Australia (Comunidad Australiana) 920 3.2      
6 Alemania (República Federal de) 366 1.3      
7 Nueva Zelandia 270 0.9      
8 El Salvador (República de ) 177 0.6      
9 Guatemala (República de) 157 0.5      
10 Costa Rica (República de) 140 0.5        
               
   
4 Canadian importers                    
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
1697277 ONTARIO INC. 1 Toronto Ontario M5R 2E2
A. LASSONDE JUS 2 Ruthven Ontario N0P 2G0
AGRISOURCE FOOD PRODUCTS INC. 3 Richmond British Columbia V6V 1L7
ALIMENTS IMEX INC 4 MontrÚal Quebec H4N 1J6
BRAMIC SALES INC 5 Toronto Ontario M1X 1E8
C.B. POWELL LIMITED C.B. POWELL LIMITEE 6 Mississauga Ontario L4W 4Y6
CADBURY BEVERAGES CANADA INC MOTT'S DIVISION 7 St. Catharines Ontario L2R 6Y4
CALKINS & BURKE LIMITED 8 Vancouver British Columbia V6G 2Z6
CANADA SAFEWAY LIMITED 9 Calgary Alberta T2E 7V8
CHAROB DISTRIBUTION SERVICES INC. 10 Barrie Ontario L4M 5K2
CITROLAD CANADA (JUICES) INC 11 Toronto Ontario M8Z 1J7
COMMERCE CHI KUANG INC 12 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4R 2A1
COSTCO WHOLESALE CANADA LTD 13 Ottawa Ontario K2E 1C5
DAN-D FOODS LTD. 14 Richmond British Columbia V7A 4V1
DANONE INC. 15 Boucherville Quebec J4B 1E6
DOLE PACKAGED FOODS CO. 16 Markham Ontario L3R 6H3
DOM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 17 Toronto Ontario M1P 3A5
GENERAL MILLS CANADA CORPORATION /CORPORATION GENERAL MILLS 18 Mississauga Ontario L4W 5P6
GOLDEN BOY FOODS INC. 19 Burnaby British Columbia V5J 5J1
GRACEKENNEDY (ONTARIO) INC. 20 Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1J4
INFORM BROKERAGE INC. 21 Vancouver British Columbia V6P 3G3
ISLAND BREEZE IMPORTS 22 Toronto Ontario M4T 1W6
JAPAN FOOD CANADA INC. 23 Mississauga Ontario L5T 1C4
KRAFT CANADA DON MILLS 24 Toronto Ontario M3B 3L6
LA CIE MCCORMICK CANADA CO-CLUBHOUSE DIVISION 25 London Ontario N5W 3V9
LOBLAWS INC. 26 Brampton Ontario L6Y 5S5
MILLER & SMITH FOODS INCORPORATED 27 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3G5
MONTEGO DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED 28 Toronto Ontario M1V 4Z6
NATIONAL IMPORTERS CANADA LTD 29 Richmond British Columbia V6W 1J7
NISHIMOTO TRADING CO, LTD. 30 Toronto Ontario M1V 2V6
NORTH AMERICAN TEA & COFFEE INC. 31 Delta British Columbia V4G 1L9
NORTHERN GOLD FOODS LTD. 32 Port Coquitlam British Columbia V3C 3T7
OXFORD FROZEN FOODS LIMITED 33 Oxford Nova Scotia B0M 1P0
PACIFIC COAST FRUIT PRODUCTS LTD. 34 Abbotsford British Columbia V2S 7M6
PANTRY SHELF FOOD CORPORATION 35 Mississauga Ontario L4V 1P3
PARMALAT DAIRY & BAKERY INC. 36 Toronto Ontario M9C 5J1
RUBICON FOOD PRODUCTS LIMITED 37 Toronto Ontario M1P 3E6
SHAFER-HAGGART LTD. 38 Vancouver British Columbia V6E 4E2
SUN-RYPE PRODUCTS LTD. 39 Kelowna British Columbia V1Y 7P8
SYSCO FOOD SERVICES OF CANADA, INC. 40 Toronto Ontario M9B 6J8
T & T SUPERMARKET INC. 41 Richmond British Columbia V6W 1J8
TANTOS FOODS INTERNATIONAL DIV OF 260094 IMPORTS & EXPORTS 42 Richmond Hill Ontario L4C 6N1
THAI INDOCHINE TRADING INC 43 Markham Ontario L3S 3J1
TREE OF LIFE CANADA INC. 44 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3X4
ULTIMA FOODS INC/ALIMENTS ULTIMA INC 45 Longueuil Quebec J4G 2V2
WESTFAIR FOODS LTD. 46 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