Ministry of Economy
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
3921.12.91  Containing not more than 70% by weight of plastics and combined with textile materials in which man-made fibres predominate by weight over any other single textile fibre
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2008   Main suppliers 2008
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 3,231 100.0 4 100.0 0.1     Total 3,231 100.0
  Ontario 1,392 43.1 4 100.0 0.3   1 United States 1,620 50.2
  Alberta 415 12.8 0 0.0 0.0   2 Colombia 592 18.3
  Manitoba 382 11.8 0 0.0 0.0   3 Taiwan 471 14.6
  Saskatchewan 367 11.4 0 0.0 0.0   4 Korea, South 253 7.9
  British Columbia 356 11.0 0 0.0 0.0   5 China 155 4.8
  Quebec 316 9.8 0 0.0 0.0   6 India 66 2.0
  New Brunswick 2 0.1 0 0.0 0.0   7 Brazil 26 0.8
                8 Germany 15 0.5
                9 France 10 0.3
                10 United Kingdom 8 0.2
                12 Mexico 4 0.1
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 6.5 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2008
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 10,678 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 5,287 49.5      
2 Cuba (República de) 1,187 11.1      
3 Canada 964 9.0      
4 Guatemala (República de) 765 7.2      
5 El Salvador (República de ) 574 5.4      
6 Colombia (República de) 322 3.0      
7 Chile(República de ) 302 2.8      
8 Honduras (República de) 283 2.7      
9 Nicaragua (República de) 276 2.6      
10 Costa Rica (República de) 220 2.1        
               
   
4 Canadian importers 2007                  
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
A. & B. PLASTIC (1986) COMPANY LIMITED 1 Toronto Ontario M3J 3C6
ASSOCIATED LABELS 2 Coquitlam British Columbia V3K 6X2
AVERY DENNISON CANADA INC. 3 Pickering Ontario L1W 3R8
BEYOND DIGITAL IMAGING INC 4 Markham Ontario L3R 4Y4
BROADLEAF LOGISTICS COMPANY 5 Vancouver British Columbia V6E 4A4
CAE INC. 6 Toronto Ontario M5J 2J1
CANADAIR 7 Montréal Quebec H3B 1Y8
CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION, LIMITED 8 Brampton Ontario L6T 4L5
CANWEL BUILDING MATERIALS LTD. 9 Vancouver British Columbia V7Y 1A1
CARGILL LIMITED 10 Winnipeg Manitoba R3C 0J7
COMMERCIAL FABRICS INC 11 Brantford Ontario N3T 5W4
DIAMOND T SALES 12 Hudson Quebec J0P 1H0
DURA PLASTICS (1977) LIMITED/ 13 Lachine Quebec H8R 1R2
EAST WEST PLASTICS & ELECTRIC PRODUCTS LTD 14 Toronto Ontario M3J 2Z4
ECLIPSE COLOUR & IMAGING CORP 15 Burlington Ontario L7N 3W7
EM PLASTIC & ELECTRIC PRODUCTS LIMITED/PRODUITS PLASTIQUES E 16 Toronto Ontario M3N 1Y4
FAMOUS PLAYERS DIV OF VIACOM CANADA INC 17 Halifax Nova Scotia B3J 3N2
FARLEY MANUFACTURING INC 18 Guelph Ontario N1H 7M3
GEORGE N JACKSON LIMITED 19 Winnipeg Manitoba R3E 0V2
GERBER SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL LTD./GERBER SCIENTIFIQUE INT 20 Toronto Ontario M3N 1V7
GESTION A.S.P. INC./A.S.P. MANAGEMENT INC. 21 Montréal Quebec H4P 1T7
GLOBAL UPHOLSTERY CO LTD 22 Toronto Ontario M3J 2M6
GUARDIAN BUILDING PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTION CANADA, INC. 23 Mississauga Ontario L4V 1N7
H.S.T. SYNTHETICS LTD. 24 Mississauga Ontario L5T 2V6
HENKEL CANADA CORPORATION 25 Mississauga Ontario L5N 6H9
HYUNDAI AMERICA SHIPPING AGENCY, INC. 26 Vancouver British Columbia V6C 1X8
INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING LTD 27 Winnipeg Manitoba R2W 4E3
INDUSTRIAL RUBBER SUPPLY (1995) LTD 28 Winnipeg Manitoba R2X 2V2
INLAND PLASTICS LTD 29 Rosedale Station Alberta T0J 2V0
INTERIOR PLASTIC SUPPLIES LTD. 30 Kelowna British Columbia V1X 4J7
INTIER AUTOMOTIVE INC. 31 Newmarket Ontario L3Y 4X7
J L M ACCESSORIES LTD 32 Burlington Ontario L7L 5H6
J. ENNIS FABRICS LTD. 33 Edmonton Alberta T5B 1R1
JOANNE FABRICS INC 34 Oakville Ontario L6J 7Z4
JOHNSON CONTROLS-AUTOMOTIVE 35 Markham Ontario L3R 5V4
KOHL & FRISCH LTD 36 Concord Ontario L4K 2R5
LAIRD PLASTICS 37 Sainte-Foy Quebec G1X 4G3
LAYFIELD GEOSYNTHETICS & INDUSTRIAL FABRICS LTD 38 Edmonton Alberta T5S 2H6
LEAR CANADA 39 Kitchener Ontario N2G 4C2
LES PLASTIQUES FLEXIBULB INC 40 Trois-Rivières Quebec G9A 5J3
LES TISSUS MASTER LTEE / MASTER FABRICS LTD 41 Anjou Quebec H1J 1J3
LM GLASFIBER CANADA INC. 42 Gaspé Quebec G4X 2R7
MAUCO INDUSTRIES LTD/ LES INDUSTRIES MAUCO LTEE 43 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4S 1V6
MORBERN INDUSTRIES LIMITED 44 Cornwall Ontario K6H 6M1
MTI POLYFAB INC 45 Mississauga Ontario L5T 2A4
PIXIU SOLUTIONS INC 46 Brantford Ontario N3R 7K3
PLASTIC & PAPER SALES INC 47 Concord Ontario L4K 4B4
PLASTIC COATED TEXTILES INC/TEXTILES PLASTIFIES INC 48 Montréal Quebec H4P 1S7
PROGRESSIVE DISTRIBUTION INC 49 Woodbridge Ontario L4L 7Y3
QUO VADIS INTERNATIONAL LTEE 50 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4R 1V8
RICHERSONS ENTERPRISE LIMITED 51 Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1H7
SABIC SPECIALTY EXTRUSION CANADA 52 Long Sault Ontario K0C 1P0
SEI INDUSTRIES LTD. 53 North Vancouver British Columbia V7L 4K6
SPECTIS MOULDERS INC. 54 Niverville Manitoba R0A 1E0
STEELCASE CANADA LIMITED 55 Toronto Ontario M3C 2R7
T.A.S. FILMS LTEE 56 Laval Quebec H7L 4Z7
TARP-RITE INC 57 Jacksonville New Brunswick E7M 3S5
TRANS-OPTIQUE INC 58 Pointe-Claire Quebec H9R 1C9
TRANS-WESTERN DISTRIBUTIONS LTD 59 Edmonton Alberta T5L 3B3
TRIDEN DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED 60 Pickering Ontario L1W 1Z6
TRIM MASTERS 61 Elmira Ontario N3B 2Z6
TRIMONT MFG INC 62 Markham Ontario L3R 1G3
TUFF INDUSTRIES INC. 63 Kelowna British Columbia V1Y 4N7
Z.M.C. METAL COATING INC. 64 Woodbridge Ontario L4L 3P5
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