Underministry of International Trade Negotiations
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
3923.21.90  Other
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2007   Main suppliers 2007
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 304,344 100.0 10,139 100.0 3.3     Total 304,344 100.0
  Ontario 182,755 60.0 9,782 96.5 5.4   1 United States 192,684 63.2
  British Columbia 46,610 15.3 69 0.7 0.1   2 China 61,625 20.2
  Quebec 37,217 12.2 189 1.9 0.5   3 Thailand 10,390 3.4
  Alberta 13,142 4.3 38 0.4 0.3   4 Mexico 10,139 3.3
  Manitoba 12,102 4.0 31 0.3 0.3   5 Switzerland 10,028 3.3
  Saskatchewan 8,555 2.8 30 0.3 0.4   6 Korea, South 4,984 1.6
  New Brunswick 2,975 1.0 0 0.0 0.0   7 Hong Kong 2,487 0.8
  Nova Scotia 868 0.3 0 0.0 0.0   8 Taiwan 2,070 0.7
  Newfoundland 88 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   9 Viet Nam 1,073 0.4
  Prince Edward Island 33 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   10 Brazil 836 0.3
                       
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 6.5 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2007
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 122,790 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 110,465 90.0      
2 Canada 4,073 3.3      
3 Colombia (República de) 1,764 1.4      
4 Guatemala (República de) 1,249 1.0      
5 Japon 916 0.7      
6 Belice 693 0.6      
7 Nicaragua (República de) 659 0.5      
8 Ecuador (República de) 549 0.4      
9 Costa Rica (República de) 525 0.4      
10 España (Reino de) 400 0.3        
               
   
4 Canadian importers                    
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
2957-6758 QUEBEC INC DBA OASIS 1 Vaudreuil-Dorion Quebec J7V 5V5
AGRIPAK (2M) LTD./AGRIPAK (2M) LTEE 2 MontrÚal Quebec H4N 1H4
AK-PAK RICCI 3 Laval Quebec H7N 3B9
ALCOA LTEE 4 Baie-Comeau Quebec G4Z 2L6
ALLIED PAK INCORPORATED 5 Markham Ontario L3R 9G1
ALLMAC PACKAGING INC 6 Mississauga Ontario L5L 5Y6
APOTEX INC 7 Toronto Ontario M9L 1T9
ARIS IMPORT INC./LES IMPORTATIONS ARIS INC. 8 Mont-Royal Quebec H4P 1M2
ASSOCIATED BRANDS INC. 9 Toronto Ontario M8Z 1B2
B TERFLOTH + CIE (CANADA) INC 10 Westmount Quebec H3Z 2P9
B W COONEY AND ASSOCIATES INC 11 Bolton Ontario L7E 1G9
BAGEM PACKAGING SERVICES INC. 12 Toronto Ontario M3H 5R4
BAGS & STUFF PACKAGING LTD. 13 Vancouver British Columbia V5X 3Y3
BOOTH CENTENNIAL HEALTHCARE LINEN SERVICES 14 Mississauga Ontario L4V 1L5
BRUCE EDMEADES FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTION 15 Cambridge Ontario N1R 7L3
BULLDOG BAG LTD. 16 Richmond British Columbia V6V 1K4
BUNZL CANADA INC. 17 Oakville Ontario L6J 5A8
CANADA SAFEWAY LIMITED 18 Calgary Alberta T2E 7V8
CFC PACKAGING INC. 19 Richmond British Columbia V7C 4N1
CHAMPION PRODUCTS CORP 20 Windsor Ontario N8Y 2N5
CLASSIC PACKAGING CORPORATION 21 Coquitlam British Columbia V3K 7C1
CPI PLASTICS GROUP LIMITED 22 Mississauga Ontario L5W 1Y5
CURWOOD PACKAGING (CANADA) LIMITED 23 Georgetown Ontario L7G 4S2
D B PACKAGING PRODUCTS COMPANY 24 Stouffville Ontario L4A 7X4
DIRECT MARKETING P.G. INC. 25 Toronto Ontario M1B 5W9
DORFIN DISTRIBUTION INC 26 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4R 2H6
DUREZ CANADA COMPANY, LTD 27 Fort Erie Ontario L2A 5M6
EDCO OF CANADA LIMITED 28 MontrÚal Quebec H3W 3E3
EDDIE BAUER OF CANADA, INC. 29 Woodbridge Ontario L4L 9G1
EFFEM INC 30 Newmarket Ontario L3Y 7B3
EMBALLAGE DANIEL RIVEST INC 31 Laval Quebec H7W 1T3
ENCORE SALES LTD, 1326281 ONTARIO LTD, 1326282 ONTARIO LTD 32 Concord Ontario L4K 3N7
ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS LTD/ LES PRODUITS DE BEAUTE ESTEE LAUDER 33 Toronto Ontario M1S 3K9
EUROBAGS OF AMERICA INC 34 Toronto Ontario M3B 1Z3
EVERGREEN AMERICA CORPORATION 35 MontrÚal Quebec H2Y 1V3
FEDERAL EXPRESS CANADA LTD. 36 Mississauga Ontario L4W 5K6
FLAIR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING CORP 37 Calgary Alberta T2C 2C1
FREEMAN DECORATING LTD 38 Toronto Ontario M8W 3S2
FRITO LAY CANADA 39 Mississauga Ontario L5R 4B2
FUTURCHEM DIV OF CONGLOM INC 40 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4R 2C5
GEM SILAGE PRODUCTS INC 41 Red Deer Alberta T4N 1X9
GENERAL MILLS CANADA CORPORATION /CORPORATION GENERAL MILLS 42 Mississauga Ontario L4W 5P6
GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA LIMITED 43 Toronto Ontario M5W 4K9
GOODYEAR CANADA INC. 44 Toronto Ontario M8Z 5E1
GREATER CHINA PLASTICS CORPORATION 45 Toronto Ontario M4B 3M2
GTGLOBE INC. 46 Boucherville Quebec J4B 2V4
GUNTHER MELE LIMITED 47 Brantford Ontario N3R 7J1
HIGHLAND FARMS INC. 48 Toronto Ontario M1W 2P5
ID BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION OF QUEBEC 49 Laval Quebec H7V 3S8
INLAND MACHINERY (ONTARIO) LTD 50 Mississauga Ontario L4V 1H3
INLAND MACHINERY MANUFACTURING LTD. 51 Langley British Columbia V3A 5E6
INTIER AUTOMOTIVE INC. 52 Newmarket Ontario L3Y 4X7
IRVING PERSONAL CARE LIMITED LES SOINS PERSONNELS IRVING LIMITEE 53 Saint John New Brunswick E2L 4M3
JOHNS MANVILLE CANADA INC 54 Innisfail Alberta T4G 1A2
JOHNSON CONTROLS-AUTOMOTIVE 55 Markham Ontario L3R 5V4
KIMBERLY-CLARK INC 56 Mississauga Ontario L5B 3Y5
KINPACK POLYETHYLENE LTD. 57 Burnaby British Columbia V5H 4T9
KPSS CANADA LTD 58 Mississauga Ontario L5T 1L7
LEAR CANADA 59 Kitchener Ontario N2G 4C2
LES TRICOTS MAIN INC/MAIN KNITTING INC 60 MontrÚal Quebec H2S 3H1
LIQUI-BOX CANADA INC. 61 Whitby Ontario L1N 5S6
LOBLAWS INC. 62 Brampton Ontario L6Y 5S5
MARKETING B G B INC 63 Brossard Quebec J4W 2M4
MEDICAL MART SUPPLIES LIMITED 64 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3L9
MEYKING ENTERPRISE INC. 65 MontrÚal Quebec H2X 2L3
MISTER CHEMICAL LTD. 66 Concord Ontario L4K 5N8
MOHAWK HOSPITAL SERVICES INCORPORATED 67 Hamilton Ontario L8N 3Z5
MULTI BAG IMPORTS INC 68 MontrÚal Quebec H3W 3E3
NATURSAC INC. 69 Laval Quebec H7L 4S4
PCL PACKAGING CORPORATION HEAD OFFICE 70 Oakville Ontario L6L 2X8
PCL PLASTICS CORPORATION 71 Oakville Ontario L6L 2X8
PET SMART 72 Toronto Ontario M3B 3P6
PETRO PLASTICS CORPORATION LIMITED 73 Woodbridge Ontario L4L 4A3
POLYPAK DISTRIBUTORS LTD. 74 Vancouver British Columbia V6B 1A9
PREGIS CANADA, CORP. 75 Tillsonburg Ontario N4G 5T7
PROGRESS LUV2PAK INTERNATIONAL LTD. 76 Toronto Ontario M3J 2B1
PULP DIVISION 77 Saint John New Brunswick E2L 4Z2
QTG CANADA INC. 78 Peterborough Ontario K9J 7B2
RADIO DIV OF ROGERS BROADCASTING LIMITED 79 Toronto Ontario M4W 1G9
RAYTON PACKAGING INC. 80 Calgary Alberta T2H 2C9
RODCOR PRODUCTS INC./LES PRODUITS RODCOR INC. 81 MontrÚal Quebec H3W 3E3
RONCO DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS LTD 82 Concord Ontario L4K 3N7
S.C. JOHNSON AND SON, LIMITED 83 Brantford Ontario N3T 5R1
SALERNO TRANSPARENT BAGS (1997) LTD /SALERNO SACS TRANSPARENTS 84 ChÔteauguay Quebec J6J 4Z2
SCA NORTH AMERICA-CANADA,INC./SCA AMERIQUE DU NORD-CANADA,INC. 85 Drummondville Quebec J2C 5P6
SCHOLLE CANADA LTD LTEE 86 Baie-d'UrfÚ Quebec H9X 4B6
SCOTTS CANADA LTD /SCOTTS CANADA LTEE 87 Mississauga Ontario L5N 2R7
SOURCE MEDICAL CORPORATION 88 Mississauga Ontario L4Z 4B9
SPECTRUM EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES LIMITED 89 Newmarket Ontario L3Y 7B6
SYNERGY SOLUTIONS INC. 90 Vancouver British Columbia V6B 1C5
TAIPAK ENTERPRISES LTD. 91 New Westminster British Columbia V3M 6C3
TARGET MAIL 92 Toronto Ontario M1R 2T5
TDS AUTOMOTIVE CANADA 93 Sainte-ThÚrÞse Quebec J7E 3W7
THE CLOROX COMPANY OF CANADA LTD/LA COMPAGNIE CLOROX DU CANADA 94 Brampton Ontario L6W 4V3
THERMO-CELL INDUSTRIES LIMITED 95 Ottawa Ontario K0A 3H0
TRANSCO PLASTIC INDUSTRIES LTD 96 MontrÚal Quebec H2N 1V8
TRINITY PLASTIC PRODUCTS INC 97 Mississauga Ontario L4W 2X7
UNIGLOBE (CANADA) INC. 98 Mississauga Ontario L5S 1S2
UNISOURCE CANADA, INC 99 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1K2
UNITREND PLASTICS MANUFACTURING LTD. 100 Delta British Columbia V4G 1A1
VANGUARD INC 101 North Battleford Saskatchewan S9A 3M1
VC999 CANADA LTD 102 Saint-Charles-de-Drummond Quebec J2C 5S8
W RALSTON (CANADA) INC 103 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 1E8
WESTFAIR FOODS LTD. 104 Calgary Alberta T2P 2H9
WINPAK HEAT SEAL PACKAGING 105 Vaudreuil-Dorion Quebec J7V 8P7
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