Underministry of International Trade Negotiations
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
9401.61.10  For domestic purposes
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2007   Main suppliers 2007
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 731,035 100.0 18,390 100.0 2.5     Total 731,035 100.0
  Ontario 310,983 42.5 6,235 33.9 2.0   1 China 366,392 50.1
  British Columbia 133,138 18.2 3,691 20.1 2.8   2 United States 270,778 37.0
  Quebec 109,384 15.0 1,614 8.8 1.5   3 Italy 20,484 2.8
  Alberta 101,266 13.9 3,438 18.7 3.4   4 Malaysia 18,681 2.6
  Manitoba 32,194 4.4 3,131 17.0 9.7   5 Mexico 18,358 2.5
  Saskatchewan 20,339 2.8 280 1.5 1.4   6 Viet Nam 9,311 1.3
  New Brunswick 16,175 2.2 2 0.0 0.0   7 Norway 7,987 1.1
  Nova Scotia 7,513 1.0 0 0.0 0.0   8 Brazil 4,553 0.6
  Newfoundland 43 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   9 Thailand 2,879 0.4
                10 Indonesia 2,757 0.4
                       
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 9.5 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2007
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 332,980 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 289,080 86.8      
2 Canada 37,580 11.3      
3 El Salvador (República de ) 1,032 0.3      
4 Puerto Rico 623 0.2      
5 Chile(República de ) 609 0.2      
6 Guatemala (República de) 575 0.2      
7 Venezuela (República de) 461 0.1      
8 Republica Dominicana 453 0.1      
9 Colombia (República de) 437 0.1      
10 Costa Rica (República de) 304 0.1        
               
   
4 Canadian importers                    
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
ACASIA HOME TREND INC. 1 Toronto Ontario M9L 1Z3
ALBERTA FURNITURE CO. LTD. 2 Calgary Alberta T2E 3R9
ARGENT TRADING (B.C.) CORPORATION 3 Delta British Columbia V3M 6N7
ARROW FURNITURE LTD. 4 Toronto Ontario M9M 2L4
ART SHOPPE LIMITED 5 Toronto Ontario M4S 2A7
BEATON AGENCIES 6 Toronto Ontario M5A 3Y7
BERKLINE INC. 7 Anjou Quebec H1J 1B5
BONDAR'S FINE FURNITURE LTD 8 Calgary Alberta T2H 2S1
BRAULT ET MARTINEAU INC 9 MontrÚal-Est Quebec H1B 5W8
BROYHILL HOME COLLECTIONS 10 Ottawa Ontario K2B 8K1
C A MUNRO LIMITED 11 Saint John New Brunswick E2M 3K6
CANADIAN MERCANTILE ENTERPRISES LTD. 12 Richmond British Columbia V6W 1G3
CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION LIMITED 13 Brampton Ontario L6T 4L5
CANTREX GROUP 14 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4R 2H9
CHINTZ & COMPANY DECORATIVE FURNISHINGS INC. 15 Victoria British Columbia V8W 1V5
CITY FURNITURE & APPLIANCES 16 Edmonton Alberta T5L 4X1
CLEAR VIEW HOME FURNISHINGS LTD 17 Saint John New Brunswick E2J 2C4
COHEN'S HOME FURNISHINGS LIMITED 18 Grand Falls-Windsor Newfoundland and Labrador A2A 2J4
COOKHOUSE INTERIORS LTD. 19 Calgary Alberta T2V 0E3
COSTCO WHOLESALE CANADA LTD 20 Ottawa Ontario K2E 1C5
COTTSWOOD INTERIORS LTD 21 Edmonton Alberta T5P 4B6
COUCH MART CORP 22 Mississauga Ontario L4W 1R8
D.K. MANUFACTURING GROUP LTD. 23 Concord Ontario L4K 4E2
DE BOER'S FURNITURE LIMITED 24 Concord Ontario L4K 3E4
DECOR-REST FURNITURE LTD. 25 Woodbridge Ontario L4L 8N6
DOMON LTEE 26 Lachine Quebec H8S 1W9
DUFRESNE FURNITURE & APPLIANCE 27 Winnipeg Manitoba R2J 0S3
ELIZABETH INTERIORS 28 Burlington Ontario L7R 2E9
ELTE CARPETS LIMITED 29 Toronto Ontario M6E 5A2
ETHAN ALLEN (CANADA) INC/ 30 Brampton Ontario L6S 6G2
FIELDS STORE A DIV. OF HUDSONS BAY 31 Toronto Ontario M5H 2Y4
FINESSE HOME LIVING INC 32 Edmonton Alberta T6J 5J7
FIXTURE THIS 33 Ajax Ontario L1S 2E9
FLAIR ENTERPRISES INC. 34 Calgary Alberta T2C 2G5
FURNCO FURNITURE INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS LTD. 35 Toronto Ontario M3J 2M4
FURNITURE DESIGN STUDIOS, INC. 36 Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec J2S 8M7
FURNITURE DIRECT 37 Cambridge Ontario N3C 3T2
FURNITURE INVESTMENT GROUP INC 38 Stoney Creek Ontario L8E 5S1
G H JOHNSON'S TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 39 Toronto Ontario M6H 1Z4
GALAXY HOME FURNISHING INC. 40 Toronto Ontario M9W 7K3
GERMAIN LARIVIERE (1970) LTEE 41 Saint-Hyacinthe Quebec J2R 2C1
GLOBE IMPORT SALES 42 Edmonton Alberta T5S 1J7
HAMILTON & SPILL LTD. 43 Richmond British Columbia V6V 2L1
HOME FASHION MARKET 44 Cambridge Ontario N3C 3T2
HOME HARDWARE STORES LIMITED 45 St. Jacobs Ontario N0B 2N0
IKEA WHOLESALE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 46 Brossard Quebec J4Z 3R9
J C PERRAULT INC 47 Saint-ZÚnon Quebec J0K 3N0
J.R. FURNITURE PLACE LTD. 48 Surrey British Columbia V3W 2N5
JORDANS INTERIORS LTD. 49 Vancouver British Columbia V6H 1H4
JYSK LINEN'N FURNITURE INC. 50 Surrey British Columbia V3S 2X6
KI PEMBROKE, INC 51 Pembroke Ontario K8A 6X7
KORSON FURNITURE IMPORTS LIMITED 52 Concord Ontario L4K 1W7
LA GALERIE DU MEUBLE INC 53 QuÚbec Quebec G1N 3C1
LA-Z-BOY 54 Calgary Alberta T2B 3N7
LA-Z-BOY CANADA LIMITED 55 Waterloo Ontario N2J 4N7
LEATHER ELITE LTD 56 Edmonton Alberta T5P 4P4
LEON'S FURNITURE LIMITED/MEUBLES LEON LTEE 57 Toronto Ontario M9N 3X3
LIQUIDATION WORLD INC 58 Calgary Alberta T1Y 6B6
LOBLAWS INC. 59 Brampton Ontario L6Y 5S5
LONDON DRUGS LIMITED 60 Richmond British Columbia V7A 4X5
M.-D. VAILLANCOURT DISTRUBUTION INC. 61 Laval Quebec H7S 2H2
M.J.M. FURNITURE CENTRE LTD. 62 Surrey British Columbia V3W 6Y3
MAISON ETHIER (ST-JEAN) INC 63 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Quebec J3B 6B5
MAZIN FURNITURE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 64 Concord Ontario L4K 2A3
MCARTHUR FURNITURE (ALBERTA) LTD 65 Calgary Alberta T3E 6W4
MEGA FURNITURE IMPORTS LTD 66 Toronto Ontario M9M 2H4
MEGA GROUP INC./MEGA GROUPE INC. 67 Saskatoon Saskatchewan S7K 6R9
MEUBLES & ELECTROMENAGERS M.L. INC. 68 MontrÚal Quebec H2P 2L6
MEUBLES AUTHENTIKA 69 Laval Quebec H7S 2K1
MEUBLES EN GROS MTL INC 70 Saint-LÚonard Quebec H1S 1A7
MEUBLES JAYMAR LTEE 71 Terrebonne Quebec J6W 1M5
MEUBLES JCPERREAULTINC 72 Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan Quebec J0K 3H0
MILLWOOD FURNITURE ENT LTD 73 Coquitlam British Columbia V3K 6V3
MOBILIA INTERIORS INC/LES INTERIEURS MOBILIA INC 74 Pointe-Claire Quebec H9R 5Z9
MOBITAL CREATIVE IMPORTS INC. 75 Delta British Columbia V4C 8E7
MOBLER IMPORTS LTD. 76 Richmond British Columbia V6V 2B1
MONARCH SPECIALTIES INC 77 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4R 9Z7
N TEPPERMAN LIMITED 78 Windsor Ontario N9A 6P8
NATIONAL FOCUS DISTRIBUTION/LOGISTICS INC. 79 Alliston Ontario L9R 1E5
NCA DESIGN 80 Saint-LÚonard Quebec H1R 2Y5
NEFCO FURNITURE LTD 81 Winnipeg Manitoba R3B 1K4
NORDESIGN FURNITURE (1983) INC 82 Calgary Alberta T2H 1M6
NORDIC HOLDINGS LTD 83 Edmonton Alberta T6E 3P2
NORTHRUP AND SONS INC OPERATING AS LEON'S FURNITURE 84 Fredericton New Brunswick E3B 5Y5
NORWALK THE FURNIUTRE IDEA 85 Stoney Creek Ontario L8E 5E3
PALLISER FURNITURE LTD 86 Winnipeg Manitoba R2G 1B9
PARAMOUNT INDUSTRIES LTD. 87 Richmond British Columbia V6X 2A9
PARK FURNITURE LIMITED 88 Hamilton Ontario L8L 5Y9
PIER 1 IMPORTS (U.S.), INC. 89 Markham Ontario L3R 0T9
PRIDE MOBILITY PRODUCTS COMPANY 90 St. Catharines Ontario L2R 6P7
PRIMO INTERNATIONAL 91 MontrÚal Quebec H1N 1Y7
R & T FURNITURE DISTRIBUTORS INC. 92 Cambridge Ontario N1R 5Y2
RESTORATION HARDWARE CANADA, INC. 93 Vancouver British Columbia V6H 3G7
ROCHE BOBOIS 94 MontrÚal Quebec H3A 3H2
RODI DESIGN INC. 95 Longueuil Quebec J4G 2H9
RTO DISTRIBUTION INC 96 Edmonton Alberta T5S 1M3
SANDY'S FURNITURE LTD. 97 Coquitlam British Columbia V3K 6V3
SCAN DESIGNS 98 Vancouver British Columbia V6B 2W7
SEARS CANADA MERCHANDISING SERVICES 99 Toronto Ontario M5B 2B8
SHERMAG INC 100 Sherbrooke Quebec J1J 3Y3
SKLAR-PEPPLER FURNITURE CORPORATION 101 Whitby Ontario L1N 5S7
STE GENEVIEVE ANTIQUES INC/ANTIQUES STE-GENEVIEVE INC 102 MontrÚal Quebec H3R 2G4
STEELCASE CANADA LIMITED 103 Toronto Ontario M3C 2R7
STONEY CREEK FURNITURE LIMITED 104 Stoney Creek Ontario L8E 5N5
STRUC-TUBE LTEE 105 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1X9
STYLUS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 106 Burnaby British Columbia V5J 5L6
SUNPAN TRADING AND IMPORTING INC 107 Toronto Ontario M1B 3M5
SURPLUS FREIGHT OF CANADA 108 Moncton New Brunswick E1C 1X7
THE BOMBAY COMPANY 109 Brampton Ontario L6T 5W4
THE BRICK WAREHOUSE LP 110 Edmonton Alberta T5M 3S2
THE BUILDERS WAREHOUSE INC 111 Ottawa Ontario K1C 1T1
THE OLDE HYDE HOUSE 112 Acton Ontario L7J 2E6
UNITED FURNITURE WAREHOUSE LP 113 Edmonton Alberta T5M 3S2
UNIVERSAL BYC INC. 114 Waterloo Ontario N2V 2G4
URBAN BARN LTD. 115 Coquitlam British Columbia V3K 7C1
VAN DAM INTERNATIONAL TRADING INC 116 Lynden Ontario L0R 1T0
WAL-MART CANADA CORP/LA COMPAGNIE WAL-MART DU CANADA 117 Mississauga Ontario L5N 1P9
WESTFAIR FOODS LTD. 118 Calgary Alberta T2P 2H9
WILLIAMS-SONOMA CANADA, INC 119 Toronto Ontario M6A 2T9
WINNERS DIVISION OF WINNERS MERCHANTS INT. LP. 120 Mississauga Ontario L4V 1Y2
WORLDWIDE HOMEFURNISHINGS INC. 121 Concord Ontario L4K 4Z7
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