Underministry of International Trade Negotiations
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
6106.10.00   Of cotton
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2006   Main suppliers 2006
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 65,824 100.0 830 100.0 1.3     Total 65,824 100.0
  Ontario 26,733 40.6 699 84.2 2.6   1 China 33,426 50.8
  British Columbia 21,386 32.5 94 11.4 0.4   2 India 3,759 5.7
  Quebec 16,995 25.8 27 3.3 0.2   3 Cambodia 3,610 5.5
  Nova Scotia 277 0.4 0 0.0 0.0   4 Viet Nam 3,105 4.7
  Alberta 226 0.3 4 0.4 1.8   5 Bangladesh 2,726 4.1
  Manitoba 164 0.2 3 0.4 1.8   6 United States 2,269 3.4
  Saskatchewan 37 0.1 2 0.2 5.4   7 Philippines 2,234 3.4
  New Brunswick 5 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   8 Turkey 1,427 2.2
  Newfoundland 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   9 Indonesia 1,033 1.6
                10 Hong Kong 988 1.5
                11 Mexico 830 1.3
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 18 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2006
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 91,864 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 91,369 99.5      
2 Canada 130 0.1      
3 Islas Caiman 88 0.1      
4 Italia 76 0.1      
5 El Salvador (República de ) 38 0.0      
6 Costa Rica (República de) 33 0.0      
7 Panama (República de) 27 0.0      
8 España (Reino de) 19 0.0      
9 Puerto Rico 18 0.0      
10 Islas Vírgenes Británicas 10 0.0        
               
   
4 Canadian importers                    
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
1422545 ONTARIO INC. 1 Woodbridge Ontario L4L 5Y4
ADIDAS-SALOMON CANADA LIMITED/ADIDAS-SALOMON CANADA LIMITEE 2 Concord Ontario L4K 5B2
AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS CANADA CORPORATION 3 Toronto Ontario M3C 3E5
ARITZIA HOLDINGS INC. 4 Vancouver British Colum V6A 1E1
BEAUMARCHE INC 5 Montréal Quebec H2N 1M9
BERKELEY IMPORTS LTD. 6 Richmond British Colum V6V 1Y6
BOUTIQUE JACOB INC 7 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1C8
BOUTIQUE TRISTAN & ISEUT INC 8 Montréal Quebec H3K 3K3
BUFFALO JEANS 9 Montréal Quebec H3L 1Z8
CACCIA FASHIONS INC 10 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 1R9
CAN EXPRESS INC 11 Markham Ontario L3R 3K3
CAULFEILD APPAREL GROUP LTD 12 Toronto Ontario M3J 3A7
CERTO LINK INC 13 Markham Ontario L3R 0A5
CG OPERATIONS (H/O) LIMITED 14 Toronto Ontario M6A 1J6
CINTAS CANADA LIMITED/CADET THE UNIFORM PEOPLE/DW KING UNIFORM 15 Mississauga Ontario L5T 2X5
COLLECTION CONRAD C INC 16 Montréal Quebec H2N 1N7
COMARK INC BOOTLEGGER DIVISION 17 Mississauga Ontario L5N 5M4
CSG APPAREL INC. 18 Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1J9
DEVANLAY CANADA INC 19 Montréal Quebec H2W 1Z5
DOUBLE J FASHION GROUP INC 20 Montréal Quebec H4P 1J8
EDDIE BAUER OF CANADA, INC. 21 Woodbridge Ontario L4L 9G1
ESPRIT CANADA WHOLESALE LIMITED 22 Saint John New Brunswick E2L 4H8
FAB-IND LIMITED 23 Toronto Ontario M6A 2Y6
FIELDS STORE A DIV. OF HUDSONS BAY 24 Richmond British Colum V6V 1W1
FLETCHER LEISURE GROUP INC LE GROUPE DES LOISIRS FLETCHER INC 25 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1Y4
G & S APPAREL INC. 26 Vancouver British Colum V6B 2T4
GAP (CANADA) INC. 27 Toronto Ontario M5S 1T9
GLEN ARGYLE INC 28 Mont-Royal Quebec H4T 1X2
GRANDFORD TRADING LTD 29 Toronto Ontario M1P 2X9
HOLT,RENFREW & CO,LIMITED 30 Toronto Ontario M4W 3B8
J & W SPORTSWEAR 31 Toronto Ontario M1V 2J9
JANA & COMPANY 32 Vancouver British Colum V6P 6M9
JAYTEX OF CANADA LIMITED 33 Toronto Ontario M6B 1S9
JCORP INC. 34 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 1J7
JONES APPAREL GROUP CANADA INC./GROUPE VESTIMENTAIRE JONES CANADA 35 Toronto Ontario M3J 1Y9
K & B SOURCING DIV OF 1171218 ONTARIO INCORPORATED 36 Toronto Ontario M1H 3G3
LA MAISON SIMONS INC 37 Québec Quebec G1R 3V9
LA SENZA INC 38 Toronto Ontario M9C 5K6
LE JEAN BLEU INC 39 Lachine Quebec H8T 2N9
LES JEANS PARASUCO INC/PARASUCO JEANS INC 40 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 1V8
LIZ CLAIBORNE (CANADA) LIMITED 41 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3W7
MARK'S WORK WEARHOUSE LTD 42 Edmonton Alberta T5M 1Y6
MEXX CANADA INC 43 Montréal Quebec H3L 3J6
MONDETTA CLOTHING COMPANY 44 Winnipeg Manitoba R3B 0S2
MORSAM FASHIONS INC 45 Montréal Quebec H2N 2E8
NIKE CANADA LTD 46 Coquitlam British Colum V3K 6A9
NORTHERN GROUP RETAIL LTD/COMMERCE DE DETAIL NORTHERN GROUP 47 Mississauga Ontario L4W 4Y6
OCEANIC TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 48 Burnaby British Colum V5M 3Z3
OLD NAVY (CANADA) INC. 49 Toronto Ontario M4W 3B8
ORLY MODE INTERNATIONALE INC/ORLY FASHION INTERNATIONAL INC 50 Montréal Quebec H2N 2J8
RAMPION ENTERPRISES LTD. 51 Delta British Colum V3M 6H9
REITMANS DISTRIBUTION INC. 52 Montréal Quebec H3B 4W8
REITMANS INC 53 Montréal Quebec H3L 1Z2
SEARS CANADA MERCHANDISING SERVICES 54 Toronto Ontario M5B 2B8
SPANNER LIMITED 55 Kitchener Ontario N2C 1L3
STRAIGHT PERFECT INC 56 Oakville Ontario L6J 5W7
TABI INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 57 Toronto Ontario M6A 1J6
THE CHILDREN'S PLACE (CANADA) L P 58 Mississauga Ontario L5R 4J2
THE GH IMPORTED MERCHANDISE AND SALES LIMITED 59 Toronto Ontario M1S 3Y6
TOMMY HILFIGER CANADA INC 60 Montréal Quebec H3N 1X7
TOURNAMENT SPORTS MARKETING INC 61 Waterloo Ontario N2J 2B1
TRICANT (CANADA) IMPORTS INC. 62 Richmond Hill Ontario L4B 1L1
TRIPLE 5 INC 63 Montréal Quebec H2N 2M8
WAL-MART CANADA CORP/LA COMPAGNIE WAL-MART DU CANADA 64 Mississauga Ontario L5N 1P9
WESTCOAST CONTEMPO FASHIONS LIMITED 65 Delta British Colum V4G 1J6
WESTFAIR FOODS LTD 66 Calgary Alberta T2P 2H9
WINNERS DIVISION OF WINNERS MERCHANTS INT. LP. 67 Mississauga Ontario L4V 1Y2
YM INC. (SALES) 68 Toronto Ontario M6A 2W1
ZARA CANADA INC 69 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