Ministry of Economy
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
3920.99.91  Of polymers of tetrafluoroethylene, of epoxide resins, of polyurethanes or of polyvinylidene chloride
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2008   Main suppliers 2008
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 18,046 100.0 2,307 100.0 12.8     Total 18,046 100.0
  Ontario 9,119 50.5 2,305 99.9 25.3   1 United States 8,754 48.5
  British Columbia 6,113 33.9 0 0.0 0.0   2 Germany 4,719 26.2
  Quebec 1,823 10.1 0 0.0 0.0   3 Mexico 2,307 12.8
  Manitoba 468 2.6 0 0.0 0.0   4 China 773 4.3
  New Brunswick 422 2.3 0 0.0 0.0   5 Taiwan 338 1.9
  Alberta 56 0.3 2 0.1 3.6   6 Switzerland 316 1.8
  Nova Scotia 42 0.2 0 0.0 0.0   7 Japan 270 1.5
  Saskatchewan 3 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   8 Italy 121 0.7
                9 Australia 111 0.6
                10 Austria 88 0.5
                       
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 6.5 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2008
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 9,471 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 7,687 81.2      
2 Irlanda (República de) 612 6.5      
3 Venezuela (República de) 328 3.5      
4 Honduras (República de) 260 2.7      
5 Guatemala (República de) 121 1.3      
6 Peru (República del) 91 1.0      
7 Argentina, República 71 0.7      
8 Republica Dominicana 39 0.4      
9 Colombia (República de) 32 0.3      
10 Alemania (República Federal de) 31 0.3        
               
   
4 Canadian importers 2007                  
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
0279397 B.C. LTD. 1 Langley British Columbia V1M 3B5
1 SOURCE PLASTICS LTD 2 Wallaceburg Ontario N8A 5E8
3M CANADA COMPANY - COMPAGNIE 3M CANADA 3 London Ontario N5V 3R6
AGROPUR COOPERATIVE AGRO-ALIMENTAIRE (TAUX REG) 4 Longueuil Quebec J4H 4B9
ALBION 5 Lasalle Quebec H8N 2W7
ALLIANCE LABELING INC. 6 Oakville Ontario L6K 2E8
ANODE INTERNATIONAL TRADING LTD. 7 Delta British Columbia V4E 3A5
AVERY DENNISON CANADA INC. 8 Pickering Ontario L1W 3R8
BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC 9 Burnaby British Columbia V5J 5J8
BARRDAY INC 10 Cambridge Ontario N1R 5W6
BENNETT FLEET (QUEBEC) INC 11 Vanier Quebec G1M 1B1
C P F DUALAM INC 12 Montréal Quebec H1E 7E7
C/S CONSTRUCTION SPECIALTIES LIMITED/C/S SPECIALTIES DE CONS 13 Mississauga Ontario L5E 2C2
CANADAIR 14 Montréal Quebec H3B 1Y8
CARGILL FOOD INGREDIENTS CANADA INC. 15 Mississauga Ontario L4Z 1N4
COMPOSITES ATLANTIC LIMITED/COMPOSITES ATLANTIQUE LIMITEE 16 Lunenburg Nova Scotia B0J 2C0
CONROS CORPORATION 17 Toronto Ontario M3B 2T3
CONSEAL PACKAGING PRODUCTS CORPORATION 18 Toronto Ontario M3B 2T3
CONSOLTEX MONTREAL 19 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4S 1Z6
CUSTOM GASKETS LTD. 20 Vancouver British Columbia V6P 6K8
DEW ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 21 Ottawa Ontario K1G 4G2
E. I. DU PONT CANADA COMPANY/LA COMPAGNIE E. I. DU PONT CANADA 22 Mississauga Ontario L5N 5M8
EAST WEST PLASTICS & ELECTRIC PRODUCTS LTD 23 Toronto Ontario M3J 2Z4
ECOTEMP INTERNATIONAL INC 24 Edmonton Alberta T5N 3K9
ECP L.P. 25 Brantford Ontario N3S 7P5
EUROTEX NORTH AMERICA INC. 26 Toronto Ontario M6M 4M7
FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY/SOCIETE FISHER SCIENTIFIQUE 27 Ottawa Ontario K2E 7L6
FLEXSTAR PACKAGING INC. 28 Richmond British Columbia V6V 1W7
FULLMAX CANADA TRADING LTD. 29 Richmond British Columbia V6V 2E4
GENCO TECHNOLOGIES INC. 30 Maple Ridge British Columbia V2X 9J8
GENPAK LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 31 Mississauga Ontario L5L 4X3
GFS CANADA INC 32 Beauport Quebec G1C 7S4
HARBOUR INDUSTRIES (CANADA) LTD 33 Farnham Quebec J2N 2X3
HENRY COMPANY CANADA, INC. 34 Lachine Quebec H8R 1N7
HITEK INDUSTRIES INC. 35 Mississauga Ontario L5M 4R5
I G MACHINE & FIBERS LTD 36 Brampton Ontario L6W 1V7
IGB AUTOMOTIVE LTD 37 Windsor Ontario N8X 4G2
JOHNSTON INDUSTRIAL PLASTICS LIMITED 38 Toronto Ontario M8V 2K3
LAIRD PLASTICS 39 Sainte-Foy Quebec G1X 4G3
LES INDUSTRIES ACIFLEX INC. 40 Saint-Hubert Quebec J3Y 7B1
LES PLASTIQUES CY-BO INC. CY-BO PLASTICS INC. 41 Laval Quebec H7L 3N6
LIQUI-BOX CANADA INC. 42 Whitby Ontario L1N 5S6
MAINTENANCE STORE 43 Florenceville New Brunswick E7L 1B2
METACA CORPORATION 44 Toronto Ontario M4W 1V1
MTI POLYFAB INC 45 Mississauga Ontario L5T 2A4
PACKALL PACKAGING INC 46 Brampton Ontario L6T 3X7
PARMALAT DAIRY & BAKERY INC./ LAITERIE ET BOULANGERIE PARMAL 47 Toronto Ontario M9C 5J1
PCI CHEMICALS CANADA COMPANY / SOCIETE PCI CHIMIE CANADA 48 Montréal Quebec H3B 1S6
PFC FLEXIBLE CIRCUITS LIMITED 49 Toronto Ontario M1R 5G2
PLASTIQUE POLYFAB INC 50 Québec Quebec G1N 3X2
POLI-TWINE INC. 51 Deseronto Ontario K0K 1X0
POLYCORP LTD. 52 Elora Ontario N0B 1S0
R-THETA THERMAL SOLUTIONS INC. 53 Mississauga Ontario L5T 1Y9
ROYAL CANIN CANADA COMPANY 54 Halifax Nova Scotia B3J 2X2
SABIC SPECIALTY EXTRUSION CANADA 55 Long Sault Ontario K0C 1P0
SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES CANADA INC./ SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS CANADA 56 Hamilton Ontario L8L 7Y5
SEALED AIR (CANADA) CO. /CIE 57 Mississauga Ontario L4Y 2A2
SHIRLON PLASTIC COMPANY INC. 58 Cambridge Ontario N1R 6X3
SMART TECHNOLOGIES INC. 59 Calgary Alberta T3C 0M5
SOLMAX-TEXEL GEOSYNTHETIQUES INC./SOLMAX-TEXEL GEOSYNTHETICS 60 Sainte-Foy Quebec G1V 4T2
STEDFAST INC 61 Granby Quebec J2G 8E9
STRATAFLEX CORPORATION 62 Toronto Ontario M4B 1Y7
SYBRON CANADA LIMITED DENTAL PRODUCTS DIVISION 63 Ottawa Ontario K4M 1A5
TURNILS (CANADA) LTD. 64 Oakville Ontario L6L 2X8
UMBRA LTD. 65 Toronto Ontario M1S 1B1
VICTORY VINYLS DISTRIBUTION LTD 66 Calgary Alberta T2C 2J1
VISCOFAN CANADA INC. 67 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 1J4
WAREHOUSED PLASTIC SALES, INC 68 Toronto Ontario M4M 2B3
WOLF CWC DISTRIBUTORS LTD. 69 Kelowna British Columbia V1Y 6L4
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