Ministry of Economy
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
5609.00.00  Articles of yarn, strip or the like of heading 54.04 or 54.05, twine, cordage, rope or cables, not elsewhere specified or included.
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2008   Main suppliers 2008
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 7,901 100.0 462 100.0 5.8     Total 7,901 100.0
  Ontario 4,685 59.3 264 57.1 5.6   1 China 4,306 54.6
  Quebec 1,520 19.2 80 17.3 5.3   2 United States 1,923 24.4
  British Columbia 873 11.0 58 12.6 6.6   3 Mexico 462 5.9
  Alberta 476 6.0 33 7.1 6.9   4 Indonesia 300 3.8
  Manitoba 236 3.0 8 1.7 3.4   5 Germany 224 2.8
  Saskatchewan 96 1.2 19 4.1 19.8   6 Taiwan 127 1.6
  New Brunswick 15 0.2 0 0.0 0.0   7 Malaysia 122 1.5
                8 India 117 1.5
                9 Korea, South 51 0.6
                10 France 38 0.5
                       
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 14 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2008
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 3,998 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 2,943 73.6      
2 Republica Dominicana 711 17.8      
3 Costa Rica (República de) 64 1.6      
4 Guatemala (República de) 48 1.2      
5 Honduras (República de) 42 1.1      
6 Nicaragua (República de) 41 1.0      
7 El Salvador (República de ) 22 0.6      
8 Venezuela (República de) 22 0.6      
9 Panama (República de) 21 0.5      
10 Chile(República de ) 12 0.3        
               
   
4 Canadian importers 2007                  
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
ARIS IMPORT INC./LES IMPORTATIONS ARIS INC. 1 Mont-Royal Quebec H4P 1M2
ASSOCIATED TUBE INDUSTRIES 2 Stoney Creek Ontario L8E 5X1
BIG D PRODUCTS (1994) LTD. 3 Vernon British Columbia V1B 3R9
BURGHAM SALES LTD 4 Toronto Ontario M1X 1C2
CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION, LIMITED 5 Brampton Ontario L6T 4L5
CAPLAN INDUSTRIES INC. 6 Delta British Columbia V4G 1N4
CENTURYVALLEN 7 Edmonton Alberta T6B 2X4
CLAIRE'S STORES CANADA CORP. 8 Toronto Ontario M5X 1B8
CONTINENTAL CHAIN & RIGGING LTD 9 Edmonton Alberta T6B 2C4
COSTCO WHOLESALE CANADA LTD 10 Ottawa Ontario K2E 1C5
COWBOY COUNTRY CLOTHING 11 Nanton Alberta T0L 1R0
DAYCO CANADA CORP 12 Toronto Ontario M9L 1S3
DIKSON SERVICE CANADA INC. (1983) 13 Toronto Ontario M1P 4S6
DOLLARAMA S.E.C./DOLLARAMA L.P. 14 Mont-Royal Quebec H4P 1M2
GAZEBO PENGUIN INC. 15 Montréal Quebec H2G 1Z3
GLAZERS INCORPORATED 16 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4S 1P4
HOME DEPOT OF CANADA INC 17 Toronto Ontario M3C 5H9
HUBSCHER RIBBON CORPORATION LTD LA CORPORATION DE RUBAN HUBS 18 Lachine Quebec H8T 3C3
HUMAN RESOURCES AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CANADA 19 Gatineau Quebec K1A 0J9
IKEA WHOLESALE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 20 Brossard Quebec J4Z 3R9
JET EQUIPMENT & TOOLS LTD 21 Burnaby British Columbia V5A 4W4
LEVITT-SAFETY LIMITED 22 Oakville Ontario L6H 5T5
MITROFLOW DIVISION 23 Burnaby British Columbia V5J 5M1
OTIS CANADA, INC. 24 Oakville Ontario L6K 3V7
PEMBERTON & ASSOCIATES INC 25 Mississauga Ontario L4V 1X9
PET SMART 26 Toronto Ontario M3B 3P6
PETON DISTRIBUTORS INC 27 Markham Ontario L3R 9X6
PRINCESS AUTO LTD 28 Winnipeg Manitoba R3C 2W7
ROLF C. HAGEN INC. 29 Baie-d'Urfé Quebec H9X 0A2
RUI ROYAL INTERNATIONAL CORP. 30 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 2E9
SPERIAN FALL PROTECTION CANADA, LTD. 31 Trenton Ontario K8V 6B4
STOFFEL SEALS OF CANADA LIMITED 32 Brampton Ontario L6Y 1P3
SUPEREX CANADA LIMITED/SUPEREX CANADA LIMITEE 33 Toronto Ontario M2H 3B8
SYMAK SALES CO INC / LA CIE SYMAK INC 34 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4S 1C9
THE CHILDREN'S PLACE (CANADA) L P 35 Mississauga Ontario L5R 4J2
TITAN SUPPLY INC ALBERTA 36 Edmonton Alberta T6E 5S5
VEYANCE TECHNOLOGIES CANADA, INC./TECHNOLOGIES VEYANCE CANADA 37 Toronto Ontario M8Z 5E1
WESCO INDUSTRIES LTD. 38 Langley British Columbia V1M 2X7
WINDSOR FACTORY SUPPLY LTD. 39 Windsor Ontario N8X 3J3
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