Ministry of Economy
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
6104.62.00  Of cotton
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2008   Main suppliers 2008
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 101,174 100.0 149 100.0 0.1     Total 101,174 100.0
  British Columbia 36,099 35.7 12 8.1 0.0   1 China 54,898 54.3
  Quebec 32,309 31.9 49 32.9 0.2   2 Cambodia 13,227 13.1
  Ontario 31,251 30.9 82 55.0 0.3   3 Bangladesh 10,320 10.2
  Nova Scotia 926 0.9 0 0.0 0.0   4 India 4,266 4.2
  Alberta 295 0.3 4 2.7 1.4   5 United States 3,572 3.5
  Manitoba 283 0.3 2 1.3 0.7   6 Viet Nam 3,161 3.1
  New Brunswick 11 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   7 Philippines 2,837 2.8
  Saskatchewan 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   8 Indonesia 1,549 1.5
                9 Pakistan 970 1.0
                10 Sri Lanka 795 0.8
                21 Mexico 149 0.1
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 18 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2008
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 51,640 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 51,470 99.7      
2 Reino Unido de la Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte 76 0.1      
3 Colombia (República de) 22 0.0      
4 Panama (República de) 14 0.0      
5 Canada 10 0.0      
6 Guatemala (República de) 10 0.0      
7 Países no identificados 8 0.0      
8 El Salvador (República de ) 6 0.0      
9 Aruba 4 0.0      
10 Ecuador (República de) 4 0.0        
               
   
4 Canadian importers 2007                  
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
A C 12 APPAREL INC /VETEMENTS A C 12 INC 1 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1E5
ADIDAS CANADA LIMITED 2 Concord Ontario L4K 5B2
AMCAN-CHARTER IMPORTS LTD / LES IMPORTATIONS AMCAN-CHARTER LTEE 3 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1X9
AMERICAN APPAREL 4 Montréal Quebec H2N 2E8
ARITZIA LP 5 Vancouver British Columbia V6C 2X8
ARTIC IMPORTS LIMITED 6 Vancouver British Columbia V6B 5A1
BATAH & CO MFG INC 7 Montréal Quebec H2N 2E7
BEBE 8 Vancouver British Columbia V6E 1A8
BOUTIQUE JACOB INC. 9 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1C8
BUFFALO JEANS 10 Montréal Quebec H3L 1Z8
CG OPERATIONS (H/O) LIMITED 11 Mississauga Ontario L4W 4X5
CULTURE CLOTHING INC 12 Toronto Ontario M3J 2L4
DENIM BANK INC / BANQUE DENIM INC 13 Montréal Quebec H3H 1C9
EXPLOSIVE FASHIONS INC 14 Montréal Quebec H2N 1Y6
FAME JEANS INC. - LES JEANS FAME INC. 15 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1N1
FIELDS STORE A DIV. OF HUDSONS BAY 16 Toronto Ontario M5H 2Y4
GAP (CANADA) INC. 17 Toronto Ontario M5S 1T9
GUESS? CANADA CORPORATION/ CORPORATION GUESS? CANADA 18 Montréal Quebec H1Z 4K2
H&M HENNES & MAURITZ INC. 19 Toronto Ontario M5G 1Z3
JAMMERS APPAREL GROUP 20 Lachine Quebec H8T 3M8
JANA DISTRIBUTORS (2004) INC., GAULT DISTRIBUTORS (2004) INC 21 Vancouver British Columbia V6P 6M9
JCORP INC. 22 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 1J7
LA SENZA CORPORATION 23 Montréal Quebec H3B 4W5
LE GROUPE DYNAMITE BOUTIQUE INC 24 Mont-Royal Quebec H4P 1M2
LES MODES QUADRA LTEE/QUADRA FASHIONS LTD 25 Lachine Quebec H8T 1X1
LES PLACEMENTS ARDEN INC/ARDEN HOLDINGS INC 26 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4S 1W8
LES VETEMENTS VA-YOLA LTEE / VA-YOLA GARMENTS LTD 27 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 1W2
LILOY INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC 28 Toronto Ontario M1X 1G5
LINE REVIEW INDUSTRIES INTL 29 Montréal Quebec H2S 3L5
LOBLAWS INC. 30 Brampton Ontario L6Y 5S5
LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA INC. 31 Vancouver British Columbia V5N 3G9
MARK'S WORK WEARHOUSE LTD 32 Edmonton Alberta T5M 1Y6
MODES ZERO II 60 INC. ZERO II 60 FASHIONS INC. 33 Montréal Quebec H2N 1P3
MONDETTA CLOTHING COMPANY 34 Winnipeg Manitoba R3B 0S2
MULTIPRINT TEX MANUFACTURING LTD. LES MANUFACTURIERS MULTIPR 35 Montréal Quebec H2N 2B7
NIKE CANADA LTD 36 Coquitlam British Columbia V3K 6A9
NINO MARCELLO TEXTILE GROUP INC / LE GROUPE DE TISSUS NINO M 37 Montréal Quebec H2N 2H8
NJS CANADA INC. 38 Richmond Hill Ontario L4C 1A7
NTD APPAREL INC / LES VETEMENTS NTD INC 39 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1N1
NYGARD INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP 40 Winnipeg Manitoba R2X 1R3
PIOKO INTERNATIONAL 41 Vancouver British Columbia V5Y 1K3
PLEASE MUM 42 Vancouver British Columbia V5L 3P6
R D INTERNATIONAL STYLE COLLECTIONS LTD 43 Montréal Quebec H4P 1L7
REEBOK CANADA INC. 44 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4R 3L3
REITMANS DISTRIBUTION INC./ DISTRIBUTION REITMANS INC. 45 Montréal Quebec H3L 1Z2
ROOTS CANADA LTD. 46 Toronto Ontario M6A 2W5
SAAN STORES LTD. - LES MAGASINS SAAN LTEE 47 Mississauga Ontario L4W 4X5
SE CE APPAREL CO LTD 48 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1E5
SELECTION TRIO INC 49 Montréal Quebec H2N 2G1
SIBLINGS INC 50 Toronto Ontario M6A 2W1
SNJ IMPORTS INC. 51 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4R 1V4
T.R.A.D. IMPORT-EXPORT INC. 52 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4R 1V5
TABI INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 53 Toronto Ontario M6A 1J6
THE BARGAIN! SHOP HOLDINGS INC. 54 Mississauga Ontario L4V 1L9
THE CHILDREN'S PLACE (CANADA) L P 55 Mississauga Ontario L5R 4J2
THRIFTYS INC. (2005) 56 Toronto Ontario M6A 2W1
TOMMY HILFIGER CANADA RETAIL INC./LES DETAILLANTS TOMMY HILF 57 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1G2
TOTAL KIDS WEAR INC/VETEMENTS TOTAL KIDS INC 58 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 1X7
URBAN BEHAVIOUR 59 Toronto Ontario M3J 2M2
USE RM0013 60 Toronto Ontario M5B 2B8
WAL-MART CANADA CORP/LA COMPAGNIE WAL-MART DU CANADA 61 Mississauga Ontario L5N 1P9
WING SON GARMENTS LTD 62 Toronto Ontario M1K 5H9
WINNERS DIVISION OF WINNERS MERCHANTS INT. LP. 63 Mississauga Ontario L4V 1Y2
WU'S TEXTILE INCORPORATED 64 Markham Ontario L3R 0L6
YM INC. (SALES) 65 Toronto Ontario M6A 2W1
ZARA CANADA INC 66 Montréal Quebec H3B 4G7
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