Underministry of International Trade Negotiations
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
6204.62.00   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: 489,552 100.0 27,604 100.0 5.6     Total 489,552 100.0
  Ontario 178,383 36.4 22,895 82.9 12.8   1 China 267,994 54.7
  Quebec 175,214 35.8 1,596 5.8 0.9   2 United States 35,532 7.3
  British Columbia 115,955 23.7 325 1.2 0.3   3 Bangladesh 34,970 7.1
  Nova Scotia 10,013 2.0 0 0.0 0.0   4 Mexico 27,604 5.6
  Manitoba 7,013 1.4 1,525 5.5 21.7   5 Cambodia 19,846 4.1
  Alberta 2,798 0.6 1,159 4.2 41.4   6 India 10,141 2.1
  Saskatchewan 169 0.0 104 0.4 61.5   7 Turkey 10,096 2.1
  New Brunswick 7 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   8 Indonesia 8,959 1.8
  Newfoundland 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   9 Sri Lanka 8,175 1.7
                10 Philippines 6,755 1.4
                       
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 17 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2006
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 884,161 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 869,321 98.3      
2 Canada 11,676 1.3      
3 Alemania (República Federal de) 1,945 0.2      
4 Italia 273 0.0      
5 Suiza 190 0.0      
6 España (Reino de) 132 0.0      
7 Puerto Rico 83 0.0      
8 Costa Rica (República de) 83 0.0      
9 Japon 77 0.0      
10 Guatemala (República de) 74 0.0        
               
   
4 Canadian importers                    
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
2927195 CANADA INC DBA ALABAMA COTTON 1 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4R 1E1
A&F APPAREL LIMITED 2 Toronto Ontario M6B 1P5
AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS CANADA CORPORATION 3 Toronto Ontario M3C 3E5
ARITZIA HOLDINGS INC. 4 Vancouver British Columbia V6A 1E1
BLUENOTES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 5 Toronto Ontario M3C 3E5
BOUTIQUE JACOB INC 6 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1C8
BUFFALO JEANS 7 Montréal Quebec H3L 1Z8
CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR / DIV OF WARNACO OF CANADA COMPANY 8 Baie-d'Urfé Quebec H9X 4B6
CG OPERATIONS (H/O) LIMITED 9 Toronto Ontario M6A 1J6
CHARLEY ORIGINALS 10 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4S 1R3
CLOTHES LINE APPAREL DIV. OF 2810221 CANADA INC. 11 Montréal Quebec H2N 2B7
CLUB MONACO CORPORATION 12 Toronto Ontario M5V 1L5
COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR CANADA LIMITED 13 Strathroy Ontario N7G 1W7
COMARK INC BOOTLEGGER DIVISION 14 Mississauga Ontario L5N 5M4
DORINHA JEANS WEAR 15 Vancouver British Columbia V6E 4L2
EDDIE BAUER OF CANADA, INC. 16 Woodbridge Ontario L4L 9G1
EFFIGI INC 17 Laval Quebec H7W 5J8
ESPRIT CANADA WHOLESALE LIMITED 18 Saint John New Brunswick E2L 4H8
FABRICATION CORWIK CIE 19 Montréal Quebec H2N 2C9
FAME JEANS INC - LES JEANS FAME INC 20 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1E3
FIELDS STORE A DIV. OF HUDSONS BAY 21 Richmond British Columbia V6V 1W1
GAP (CANADA) INC. 22 Toronto Ontario M5S 1T9
GUESS? CANADA CORPORATION CORPORATION GUESS? CANADA 23 Montréal Quebec H3N 1X7
H&M HENNES & MAURITZ INC. 24 Toronto Ontario M5G 1Z3
HOLT,RENFREW & CO,LIMITED 25 Toronto Ontario M4W 3B8
INTERNATIONAL FASHIONS GROUP INC. 26 Richmond British Columbia V7C 4V4
J H L A INVESTMENTS INC 27 Côte-Saint-Luc Quebec H4W 3C5
JAYTEX OF CANADA LIMITED 28 Toronto Ontario M6B 1S9
JCORP INC. 29 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 1J7
JEANS BLUE ROCKET INC. BLUE ROCKET JEANS INC. 30 Mont-Royal Quebec H4P 1J3
JENO NEUMAN ET FILS INC 31 Boisbriand Quebec J7G 2T1
JONES APPAREL GROUP CANADA INC./GROUPE VESTIMENTAIRE JONES CANADA 32 Toronto Ontario M3J 1Y9
LE CHATEAU INC. 33 Mont-Royal Quebec H4P 1N1
LE GROUPE DYNAMITE BOUTIQUE INC 34 Mont-Royal Quebec H4P 1M2
LES JEANS PARASUCO INC/PARASUCO JEANS INC 35 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4N 1V8
LEVI STRAUSS & CO (CANADA) INC. LEVI STRAUSS & CIE (CANADA) 36 Toronto Ontario M9W 5Y1
LIZ CLAIBORNE (CANADA) LIMITED 37 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3W7
MARK'S WORK WEARHOUSE LTD 38 Edmonton Alberta T5M 1Y6
MAVI JEANS HOLDINGS INC. 39 Vancouver British Columbia V6A 2P3
MEGAJEENS INDUSTRIES LTD 40 Toronto Ontario M1H 3B7
MEXX CANADA INC 41 Montréal Quebec H3L 3J6
NORTHERN GROUP RETAIL LTD/COMMERCE DE DETAIL NORTHERN GROUP 42 Mississauga Ontario L4W 4Y6
NYGARD PROPERTIES LTD. 43 Winnipeg Manitoba R2X 1R3
OLD NAVY (CANADA) INC. 44 Toronto Ontario M4W 3B8
P Y A IMPORTER LTD 45 Toronto Ontario M4W 3L4
PLEASE MUM 46 Vancouver British Columbia V6A 2J1
POINT ZERO GIRLS CLUB INC 47 Montréal Quebec H2N 2J9
PREMIERE VISION INC 48 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1G7
R D INTERNATIONAL STYLE COLLECTIONS LTD 49 Montréal Quebec H4P 1L7
R O N X FASHION GROUP LIMITED/GROUPE DE MODE R O N X LIMITEE 50 Montréal Quebec H2N 1E4
REITMANS DISTRIBUTION INC. 51 Montréal Quebec H3B 4W8
REITMANS INC 52 Montréal Quebec H3L 1Z2
RUE ROYALE SPORTSWEAR INTERNATIONAL INC 53 Lachine Quebec H8T 1X1
SE CE APPAREL CO LTD 54 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1E5
SEARS CANADA MERCHANDISING SERVICES 55 Toronto Ontario M5B 2B8
SELLMOR 56 Montréal Quebec H2N 2E3
SIXTY CANADA INC. 57 Montréal Quebec H2N 2C9
STANDARD KNICKERBOCKER LTD 58 Montréal Quebec H2R 3A4
TABI INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 59 Toronto Ontario M6A 1J6
TALBOTS (CANADA) CORPORATION 60 Concord Ontario L4K 4L6
THE CHILDREN'S PLACE (CANADA) L P 61 Mississauga Ontario L5R 4J2
TOMMY HILFIGER CANADA INC 62 Montréal Quebec H3N 1X7
TRIBAL SPORTSWEAR INC 63 Montréal Quebec H1Z 4H9
URBAN BEHAVIOUR 64 Toronto Ontario M3J 2M2
VETEMENT ALPHA CANADA LTEE ALPHA GARMENT CANADA LTD 65 Montréal Quebec H3L 1Z8
WAL-MART CANADA CORP/LA COMPAGNIE WAL-MART DU CANADA 66 Mississauga Ontario L5N 1P9
WAREHOUSE ONE CLOTHING 67 Winnipeg Manitoba R3H 1H6
WESTERN GLOVE WORKS LTD. 68 Winnipeg Manitoba R3A 0S4
WINNERS DIVISION OF WINNERS MERCHANTS INT. LP. 69 Mississauga Ontario L4V 1Y2
YM INC. (SALES) 70 Toronto Ontario M6A 2W1
ZARA CANADA INC 71 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