Ministry of Economy
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
2106.90.99  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: 694,737 100.0 14,645 100.0 2.1     Total 694,737 100.0
  Ontario 507,015 73.0 14,285 97.5 2.8   1 United States 632,009 91.4
  British Columbia 67,889 9.8 36 0.2 0.1   2 Mexico 14,645 2.1
  Manitoba 61,709 8.9 4 0.0 0.0   3 France 5,753 0.8
  Quebec 34,459 5.0 12 0.1 0.0   4 Netherlands 5,006 0.7
  Alberta 17,465 2.5 292 2.0 1.7   5 China 4,669 0.7
  Saskatchewan 3,415 0.5 15 0.1 0.4   6 Thailand 4,236 0.6
  New Brunswick 2,396 0.3 0 0.0 0.0   7 United Kingdom 2,796 0.4
  Nova Scotia 372 0.1 0 0.0 0.0   8 Germany 2,754 0.4
  Prince Edward Island 10 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   9 Belgium 1,736 0.3
  Newfoundland 7 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   10 Taiwan 1,382 0.2
                       
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 10.5 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2008
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 318,379 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 197,026 61.9      
2 Canada 14,808 4.7      
3 Reino Unido de la Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte 13,252 4.2      
4 Guatemala (República de) 12,708 4.0      
5 Costa Rica (República de) 9,452 3.0      
6 Venezuela (República de) 8,255 2.6      
7 El Salvador (República de ) 7,873 2.5      
8 Colombia (República de) 7,480 2.3      
9 Paises Bajos (Reino de Los) 6,903 2.2      
10 Republica Dominicana 6,551 2.1        
               
   
4 Canadian importers 2007                  
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
ABBOTT LABORATORIES, LIMITED 1 Montréal Quebec H3C 3K6
ADVANTAGE HEALTH MATTERS INC 2 Markham Ontario L3R 9N7
ALIMENTS SAPUTO LIMITEE / SAPUTO FOODS LIMITED 3 Saint-Léonard Quebec H1P 1X8
AMERICAN INGREDIENTS COMPANY 4 Mississauga Ontario L5N 6C4
ASSOCIATED BRANDS INC. 5 Toronto Ontario M8Z 1B2
BAKEMARK INGREDIENTS CANADA LIMITED 6 Richmond British Columbia V6V 1N2
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CANADA CO./LA SOCIETE BRISTOL-MYERS SQU 7 Candiac Quebec J5R 1J1
CADBURY ADAMS CANADA INC. 8 Toronto Ontario M6J 3L9
CALKINS & BURKE LIMITED 9 Vancouver British Columbia V6G 2Z6
CAMPBELL COMPANY OF CANADA/COMPAGNIE CAMPBELL DU CANADA 10 Toronto Ontario M8V 2B8
CHEMROY CANADA INC 11 Brampton Ontario L6T 4X3
CHENCHIAM, INC. 12 Port Coquitlam British Columbia V3C 5W2
CONTINENTAL INGREDIENTS CANADA INC 13 Oakville Ontario L6H 6G1
COSTCO WHOLESALE CANADA LTD 14 Ottawa Ontario K2E 1C5
DAIRY-TECH LIMITED 15 Mississauga Ontario L4T 3L8
DANISCO CANADA INC. 16 Toronto Ontario M1P 3A9
DAWN FOOD PRODUCTS (CANADA) LTD. 17 Toronto Ontario M9B 6B6
DOUGLAS LABORATORIES CANADA INC. / DOUGLAS LABORATOIRES CANADA 18 London Ontario N6E 2S5
DURE FOODS 19 Brantford Ontario N3R 7K2
EMPIRE HEALTH DISTRIBUTION INC/DISTRIBUTION SANTE EMPIRE INC 20 Terrebonne Quebec J6Y 1Y5
FRITO LAY CANADA 21 Mississauga Ontario L5R 4B2
G VAN KAM TRADING CO LTD 22 Westmount Quebec H3Z 1N1
GENERAL MILLS CANADA CORPORATION /CORPORATION GENERAL MILLS 23 Mississauga Ontario L4W 5P6
GILSTER-MARY-LEE CORPORATION 24 Markham Ontario L3R 5B4
GIVAUDAN CANADA CO/COMPAGNIE GIVAUDAN CANADA 25 Mississauga Ontario L4W 5G9
GRIFFITH LABORATORIES LIMITED 26 Toronto Ontario M1L 3J8
HAIN-CELESTIAL CANADA, ULC 27 Delta British Columbia V3M 6R9
HAROLD T GRIFFIN INC 28 Mississauga Ontario L5T 2A4
HEALTHY BODY SERVICES INC 29 Toronto Ontario M2N 6N4
HERBAL MAGIC INC. 30 London Ontario N6E 2H6
HERBALIFE OF CANADA LTD./HERBALIFE DU CANADA LTEE 31 Calgary Alberta T2B 3P1
HERSHEY CANADA INC 32 Mississauga Ontario L4W 5E9
INNO-VITE INCORPORATED 33 Concord Ontario L4K 4P7
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY 34 Mississauga Ontario L5H 2R2
J.L. FREEMAN SOCIETE EN COMMANDITE 35 Boucherville Quebec J4B 5H1
JOHNSON & JOHNSON INC. 36 Montréal Quebec H1N 2G4
KERRY INGREDIENTS 37 Woodstock Ontario N4S 8A4
KRAFT CANADA DON MILLS 38 Toronto Ontario M3B 3L6
LA CIE MCCORMICK CANADA CO-CLUBHOUSE DIVISION 39 London Ontario N5W 3V9
LES ALIMENTS MULTIBAR INC 40 Anjou Quebec H1J 2L2
LOBLAWS INC. 41 Brampton Ontario L6Y 5S5
MCNEIL CONSUMER PRODUCTS COMPANY 42 Montréal Quebec H1N 2G4
MIXOLOGY CANADA INC. 43 Brampton Ontario L6T 5H9
MOOSEHEAD BREWERIES LIMITED 44 Saint John New Brunswick E2M 4X7
MP4 DIRECTION INC/MP4 WAY INC. 45 Knowlton Quebec J0E 1V0
NATURE'S WAY OF CANADA LIMITED 46 Markham Ontario L3R 6H3
NELLSON NUTRACEUTICAL CANADA INC. 47 Lachine Quebec H8T 3T3
NESTLE CANADA INC 48 Toronto Ontario M5P 2V4
NORTH AMERICAN TEA & COFFEE INC. 49 Delta British Columbia V4G 1L9
NOVARTIS CONSUMER HEALTH CANADA INC/NOVARTIS SANTE FAMILIALE 50 Mississauga Ontario L5N 2X7
NU SKIN CANADA, INC 51 Mississauga Ontario L5L 5Z9
NUTRITION CLUB CANADA 52 North Bay Ontario P1B 8Z4
OSCAR SKOLLSBERG'S FOOD TECHNIQUE LIMITED 53 Delta British Columbia V4G 1L7
PARMALAT DAIRY & BAKERY INC./ LAITERIE ET BOULANGERIE PARMAL 54 Toronto Ontario M9C 5J1
PINNACLE FOODS CANADA CORPORATION 55 Mississauga Ontario L5N 6S2
PURATOS CANADA INC 56 Mississauga Ontario L5T 0A1
PURESOURCE INC 57 Guelph Ontario N1H 6J4
PURITY LIFE HEALTH PRODUCTS LIMITED 58 Acton Ontario L7J 2M4
RENE RIVET INC. 59 Laval Quebec H7L 4R9
RENEW LIFE CANADA INC 60 Oakville Ontario L6H 1A7
RICH PRODUCTS OF CANADA LIMITED 61 Fort Erie Ontario L2A 1W3
RONALD A. CHISHOLM LIMITED 62 Toronto Ontario M4W 3K3
SANDRA TEA & COFFEE LIMITED 63 Ajax Ontario L1S 2H1
SHANDEX SALES GROUP LIMITED 64 Pickering Ontario L1W 3C1
SUNOPTA INC. 65 Brampton Ontario L7A 0H2
THE INGREDIENT COMPANY 66 Mississauga Ontario L5N 6A6
THOMAS, LARGE & SINGER INC 67 Markham Ontario L3R 5B4
TREE OF LIFE CANADA INC. 68 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3X4
TRILOGY EGG PRODUCTS INC. 69 Pointe-Claire Quebec H9R 5P1
TRUE NORTH NUTRITION LTD 70 Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 4A8
UNILEVER COSMETICS INTERNATIONAL (CANADA) 71 Toronto Ontario M4W 3R2
UNISOURCE CANADA, INC 72 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1K2
USANA CANADA CO 73 Halifax Nova Scotia B3J 2X2
USE RM0014 74 Sault Ste. Marie Ontario P6A 1Y8
WRIGLEY CANADA INC , ZENO CANADA INC 75 Toronto Ontario M3C 2K1
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