Ministry of Economy
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
2009.80.20  Of a vegetable
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2008   Main suppliers 2008
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 5,392 100.0 0 0.0 0.0     Total 5,392 100.0
  Ontario 3,176 58.9 0 0.0 0.0   1 United States 4,785 88.8
  British Columbia 1,785 33.1 0 0.0 0.0   2 France 278 5.2
  Quebec 244 4.5 0 0.0 0.0   3 Switzerland 118 2.2
  Alberta 156 2.9 0 0.0 0.0   4 Poland 75 1.4
  Manitoba 26 0.5 0 0.0 0.0   5 Denmark 27 0.5
  Saskatchewan 3 0.1 0 0.0 0.0   6 Spain 20 0.4
  New Brunswick 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   7 Jamaica 18 0.3
                8 Costa Rica 12 0.2
                9 Taiwan 10 0.2
                10 Netherlands 9 0.2
                       
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 9.5 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2008
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 33,213 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 28,180 84.8      
2 Honduras (República de) 698 2.1      
3 Guatemala (República de) 563 1.7      
4 Venezuela (República de) 473 1.4      
5 Republica Dominicana 387 1.2      
6 El Salvador (República de ) 290 0.9      
7 Puerto Rico 280 0.8      
8 Aruba 258 0.8      
9 Haiti (República de) 227 0.7      
10 Panama (República de) 198 0.6        
               
   
4 Canadian importers 2007                  
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
A & P CANADA CO. 1 Toronto Ontario M9B 1B9
A. LASSONDE JUS 2 Ruthven Ontario N0P 2G0
AGRISOURCE FOOD PRODUCTS INC. 3 Richmond British Columbia V6V 1L7
AZPOM INC. 4 Thornhill Ontario L4J 7L2
BAKU LTD. 5 Concord Ontario L4K 1L2
BLEUETS MISTASSINI LTEE 6 Dolbeau-Mistassini Quebec G8L 5M3
CAMPBELL COMPANY OF CANADA/COMPAGNIE CAMPBELL DU CANADA 7 Toronto Ontario M8V 2B8
CANADA SAFEWAY LIMITED 8 Calgary Alberta T2E 7V8
CHARLES MASSON INC. 9 Lachine Quebec H8T 2M8
CHERRY LANE FROZEN FRUITS 10 Vineland Ontario L0R 2E0
CHRISTMAS NATURAL FOODS (WHOLESALERS) LTD. 11 Burnaby British Columbia V5A 2H3
CITROLAD CANADA (JUICES) INC 12 Toronto Ontario M8Z 1J7
CORWIN DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 13 Concord Ontario L4K 1L4
EXPORT PACKERS COMPANY LIMITED 14 Brampton Ontario L6T 5K5
FRITO LAY CANADA 15 Mississauga Ontario L5R 4B2
FRUIT SOLUTIONS INC. 16 St. Catharines Ontario L2W 1A4
GAMBLES ONTARIO PRODUCE INC. 17 Toronto Ontario M8Y 1H8
H J HEINZ COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED 18 Toronto Ontario M2N 7K5
HORIZON DISTRIBUTORS LTD. 19 Burnaby British Columbia V5A 2H3
HUSKY FOOD IMPORTERS & DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED 20 Woodbridge Ontario L4H 3B5
INTERNATIONAL SUNTRADE GROUP INC 21 Toronto Ontario M4E 1R3
JORIKI INC. 22 Toronto Ontario M1V 2V3
KRAFT CANADA DON MILLS 23 Toronto Ontario M3B 3L6
LA CIE MCCORMICK CANADA CO-CLUBHOUSE DIVISION 24 London Ontario N5W 3V9
LEADING BRANDS OF CANADA, INC 25 Vancouver British Columbia V6G 2Z6
LOBLAWS INC. 26 Brampton Ontario L6Y 5S5
MILLER & SMITH FOODS INCORPORATED 27 Oakville Ontario L6K 2H3
MORRIS BROWN & SONS COMPANY LIMITED 28 Toronto Ontario M8Z 5J4
MOTT'S CANADA 29 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3E7
NATIONWIDE NATURAL FOODS (2000) INC 30 Delta British Columbia V4G 1H8
OMEGA FOOD IMPORTERS CO LTD 31 Mississauga Ontario L4W 5B7
ONTARIO FEDERATION OF FOOD CO OPERATIVES AND CLUBS INC. 32 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3K5
OSCAR SKOLLSBERG'S FOOD TECHNIQUE LIMITED 33 Delta British Columbia V4G 1L7
OVERWAITEA FOOD GROUP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 34 Langley British Columbia V1M 3B6
OXFORD FROZEN FOODS LIMITED 35 Oxford Nova Scotia B0M 1P0
PACIFIC COAST FRUIT PRODUCTS LTD. 36 Abbotsford British Columbia V2S 7M6
PURKEL PRODUCTS INC. 37 Unionville Ontario L3R 2G8
RUBICON FOOD PRODUCTS LIMITED 38 Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 3K8
SOBEYS ONTARIO DIV OF SOBEYS CAPITAL INCORPORATED 39 Stellarton Nova Scotia B0K 1S0
SUN-RYPE PRODUCTS LTD. 40 Kelowna British Columbia V1Y 7P8
SUNOPTA INC. 41 Brampton Ontario L7A 0H2
THE MINUTE MAID COMPANY CANADA INC /LA COMPAGNIE MINUTE MAID 42 Toronto Ontario M2H 3S8
TREE OF LIFE CANADA INC. 43 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3X4
UNILEVER COSMETICS INTERNATIONAL (CANADA) 44 Toronto Ontario M4W 3R2
UNISOURCE CANADA, INC 45 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1K2
VERGERS PAUL JODOIN INC 46 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Quebec J0L 2B0
VERONA IMPORTING LTD. 47 Montréal Quebec H1E 2Y8
VITALITY FOODSERVICE CANADA INC. 48 Surrey British Columbia V3S 7X1
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