Underministry of International Trade Negotiations
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
2106.10.00  Protein concentrates and textured protein substances
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2007   Main suppliers 2007
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 35,788 100.0 49 100.0 0.1     Total 35,788 100.0
  Ontario 29,602 82.7 49 99.9 0.2   1 United States 33,301 93.1
  British Columbia 2,751 7.7 0 0.0 0.0   2 China 769 2.1
  Quebec 1,408 3.9 0 0.0 0.0   3 Israel 527 1.5
  Manitoba 922 2.6 0 0.1 0.0   4 Ireland, Republic of (EIR 321 0.9
  Alberta 524 1.5 0 0.0 0.0   5 Netherlands 308 0.9
  Saskatchewan 407 1.1 0 0.0 0.0   6 Japan 117 0.3
  New Brunswick 174 0.5 0 0.0 0.0   7 Brazil 90 0.3
                8 New Zealand 54 0.2
                9 Mexico 49 0.1
                10 Spain 43 0.1
                       
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 11 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2007
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 1,570 100.0      
1 Venezuela (República de) 464 29.6      
2 Colombia (República de) 297 18.9      
3 El Salvador (República de ) 199 12.7      
4 Guatemala (República de) 191 12.2      
5 Costa Rica (República de) 164 10.4      
6 Estados Unidos de America 84 5.4      
7 Cuba (República de) 74 4.7      
8 Panama (República de) 39 2.5      
9 Honduras (República de) 31 2.0      
10 Trinidad y Tobago (República de) 10 0.6        
               
   
4 Canadian importers                    
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
2011359 ONTARIO INC 1 Belleville Ontario K8P 3B9
3762092 CANADA INC. 2 Windsor Ontario N9A 3J9
ADVENTIST BOOK CENTRE 3 Oshawa Ontario L1K 2H5
ALIMENTS NOBLE INC/NOBLE FOODS INC 4 Pointe-Claire Quebec H9R 6B1
AMERICAN NUTRITION INC 5 Hamilton Ontario L8R 1N1
ASCONA FOODS GROUP (CANADA) LTD 6 Mississauga Ontario L5L 5R3
CENTENNIAL FOODSERVICE 7 Calgary Alberta T2G 4B7
DISTRIBUTEURS NUTRI-GENICS INC. 8 Laval Quebec H7W 3V9
EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES CANADA INC. 9 Burlington Ontario L7L 6G5
HAIN-CELESTIAL CANADA, ULC 10 Delta British Columbia V3M 6R9
HEALTHY BODY SERVICES INC 11 Toronto Ontario M2N 6N4
HERMANN LAUE SPICE COMPANY INC 12 Uxbridge Ontario L9P 1J5
KRAFT CANADA DON MILLS 13 Toronto Ontario M3B 3L6
LES ALIMENTS MULTIBAR INC 14 Anjou Quebec H1J 2L2
LES INGREDIENTS ALIMENTAIRES BSA, S.E.C. 15 Saint-LÚonard Quebec H1P 3E1
MAPLE LEAF CONSUMER FOODS INC./LES ALIMENTS DE CONSOMMATION 16 Kitchener Ontario N2G 3X8
NEALANDERS INTERNATIONAL INC. 17 Mississauga Ontario L5N 8E2
NELLSON NUTRACEUTICAL CANADA INC. 18 Lachine Quebec H8T 3T3
PRODUITS ALIMENTAIRE VIAU INC. VIAU FOOD PRODUCTS INC. 19 Laval Quebec H7C 2V2
QUIXTAR CANADA CORPORATION/LA COMPAGNIE QUIXTAR CANADA 20 London Ontario N6A 4S5
RECTOR HOLDINGS LIMITED 21 Brampton Ontario L6S 6C6
SUNNY CRUNCH FOODS LIMITED 22 Markham Ontario L3R 9T5
UFL FOODS 23 Mississauga Ontario L5T 2R9
UPPER 49TH IMPORTS INC 24 Oakville Ontario L6H 6X5
WIBERG CORPORATION 25 Oakville Ontario L6L 6L7
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