Ministry of Economy
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
9209.92.20  For other string instruments, except keyboard string instruments
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2008   Main suppliers 2008
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 2,218 100.0 2 100.0 0.1     Total 2,218 100.0
  Ontario 1,250 56.4 2 100.0 0.2   1 United States 1,250 56.6
  British Columbia 496 22.4 0 0.0 0.0   2 China 742 33.6
  Quebec 365 16.5 0 0.0 0.0   3 Germany 51 2.3
  Manitoba 83 3.7 0 0.0 0.0   4 Taiwan 39 1.8
  Alberta 23 1.0 0 0.0 0.0   5 Korea, South 23 1.0
  New Brunswick 2 0.1 0 0.0 0.0   6 Finland 20 0.9
                7 France 17 0.8
                8 Japan 15 0.7
                9 Netherlands 13 0.6
                10 Australia 7 0.3
                15 Mexico 2 0.1
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 6 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2008
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 1,085 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 1,076 99.2      
2 Nicaragua (República de) 5 0.5      
3 Guatemala (República de) 4 0.4      
             
             
             
             
             
             
               
               
   
4 Canadian importers 2007                  
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
B & J MUSIC LTD 1 Mississauga Ontario L5A 3V3
BOSKOVIC & CO. MFG. LIMITED 2 Mount Elgin Ontario N0J 1N0
CHARGALL CORP 3 Toronto Ontario M4B 1Z5
COUNTER POINT MUSICAL DIV OF 1108668 ONTARIO LTD. 4 Markham Ontario L3R 2W6
GEORGE HEINL AND COMPANY LIMITED 5 Toronto Ontario M5B 1Y7
GIBSON GUITAR CANADA, LTD. 6 Toronto Ontario M6K 1G2
GUITABEC INC 7 Baie-d'Urfé Quebec H9X 3R8
JAM INDUSTRIES LTD/LES INDUSTRIES JAM LTEE 8 Baie-d'Urfé Quebec H9X 4B7
JEAN LARRIVEE GUITARS LTD. 9 Vancouver British Columbia V6A 1M3
KEESLER VIOLIN SHOP 10 Chelmsford Ontario P0M 1L0
KIEF MUSIC LTD. 11 Surrey British Columbia V3W 3B1
LASIDO INC 12 Baie-d'Urfé Quebec H9X 3R8
LONG & MCQUADE LIMITED/ LONG & MCQUADE LIMITEE 13 Pickering Ontario L1W 4B2
LOUD TECHNOLOGIES CANADA, INC. 14 Victoria British Columbia V8W 3C6
PACCANA ENTERPRISES LTD 15 Calgary Alberta T2E 7A5
PARAMOUNT MUSICAL DISTRIBUTORS LTD. 16 Surrey British Columbia V3T 3V7
PEATE MUSICAL SUPPLIES LTD 17 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4S 1Y1
POWER GROUP LTD. 18 Mississauga Ontario L5S 1Z2
THE GRAMOPHONE INC 19 Edmonton Alberta T6G 1E9
THE KUN SHOULDER REST INC 20 Ottawa Ontario K2P 0L6
THE SOUND POST INCORPORATED 21 Toronto Ontario M5S 1B4
WES-CAN MUSIC SUPPLIES LTD. 22 Surrey British Columbia V3S 3X1
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