Ministry of Economy
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
9401.79.10  For domestic purposes
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2008   Main suppliers 2008
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 86,093 100.0 551 100.0 0.6     Total 86,093 100.0
  Ontario 35,097 40.8 451 81.9 1.3   1 China 72,216 83.9
  Quebec 26,685 31.0 0 0.0 0.0   2 United States 4,817 5.6
  British Columbia 18,833 21.9 29 5.3 0.2   3 Indonesia 1,180 1.4
  Alberta 3,137 3.6 64 11.6 2.0   4 Italy 1,133 1.3
  Manitoba 1,138 1.3 7 1.3 0.6   5 Taiwan 1,027 1.2
  Nova Scotia 971 1.1 0 0.0 0.0   6 Czech Republic 806 0.9
  Saskatchewan 204 0.2 1 0.2 0.5   7 Viet Nam 599 0.7
  New Brunswick 28 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   8 Mexico 551 0.6
                9 Philippines 551 0.6
                10 Bulgaria 514 0.6
                       
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 8 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2008
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 17,264 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 15,798 91.5      
2 Nicaragua (República de) 364 2.1      
3 Republica Dominicana 359 2.1      
4 Sudafrica (República de) 148 0.9      
5 Puerto Rico 104 0.6      
6 Honduras (República de) 71 0.4      
7 Panama (República de) 67 0.4      
8 Dinamarca (Reino de) 63 0.4      
9 Costa Rica (República de) 58 0.3      
10 Canada 52 0.3        
               
   
4 Canadian importers 2007                  
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
A.B.C. RECREATION LTD. 1 Paris Ontario N3L 3K0
ACTIWIN COMPANY LIMITED 2 Mississauga Ontario L5T 1K3
BASS PRO SHOPS CANADA INC. 3 Concord Ontario L4K 2M9
BEACHCOMBER HOME & LEISURE LTD. 4 Vernon British Columbia V1T 7G4
BEL-PAR INDUSTRIES LTD. 5 Surrey British Columbia V3V 3G8
C A B DECO IMPORT EXPORT 6 Montréal Quebec H2Y 1Z5
CANA-FOAM PRODUCTS LIMITED 7 Toronto Ontario M1S 4A7
CANAC-MARQUIS GRENIER LIMITEE 8 L'Ancienne-Lorette Quebec G2E 5W2
CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION, LIMITED 9 Brampton Ontario L6T 4L5
CDI INCORPORATED 10 Maple Creek Saskatchewan S0N 1N0
CENTRE MASSICOTTE INC 11 Vanier Quebec G1M 2E4
CHAIR-TECH INC 12 Toronto Ontario M3B 2R2
COSTCO WHOLESALE CANADA LTD 13 Ottawa Ontario K2E 1C5
DEBCO BAG DISTRIBUTORS LTD 14 Concord Ontario L4K 4K2
DECK & DOCK 15 Toronto Ontario M6B 1G3
DECOR IDEA NUOVA INC. / IDEA NUOVA DECOR INC. 16 Pointe-Claire Quebec H9R 4Z2
DSA FURNISHINGS A DIVISION OF THE DON SMITH AGENCY INC 17 Milton Ontario L9T 5B2
ELFE JUVENILE PRODUCTS 18 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4R 3C6
ENTREPRISES FORMES ET JEUX P.E.B. INC./ FORMS & GAMES ENTER 19 Laval Quebec H7T 2L2
EVENFLO CANADA INC 20 Concord Ontario L4K 4N3
FERME TECHNO-CHAMPS 21 Montréal Quebec H4N 3H7
FIELDS STORE A DIV. OF HUDSONS BAY 22 Toronto Ontario M5H 2Y4
FURNITURE DIRECT SALES 23 Vancouver British Columbia V5T 1H3
G.T. WHOLESALE LIMITED 24 Ottawa Ontario K1G 6A9
GLOBAL UPHOLSTERY CO.INC. 25 Toronto Ontario M3J 2M6
GROUPE B M R INC 26 Longueuil Quebec J4G 1G3
GROUPE SODISCO-HOWDEN INC/SODISCO-HOWDEN GROUP INC. 27 Victoriaville Quebec G6P 6S6
HAUSER COMPANY STORES INC 28 Waterloo Ontario N2J 3Z9
HEALTH A COMPANY LIMITED 29 Toronto Ontario M1V 5E5
HENRYKA LTD/LTEE 30 Pointe-Claire Quebec H9R 5Z4
HOLLAND IMPORTS INC. 31 Burnaby British Columbia V5C 4Y9
HOME DEPOT OF CANADA INC 32 Toronto Ontario M3C 5H9
HOME HARDWARE STORES LIMITED 33 St. Jacobs Ontario N0B 2N0
IKEA WHOLESALE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 34 Brossard Quebec J4Z 3R9
INFORM INTERIORS (2000) INC. 35 Vancouver British Columbia V6B 1A1
ISIS INC. 36 Cornwall Ontario K6H 7L2
JACQUES LAFERTE LTEE 37 Drummondville Quebec J2C 5A4
JETCO MANUFACTURING LIMITED 38 Toronto Ontario M9L 1Z4
JYSK LINEN'N FURNITURE INC. 39 Surrey British Columbia V3S 2X6
KARMIN INDUSTRIES 40 Dorval Quebec H9P 1J1
KI PEMBROKE, INC 41 Pembroke Ontario K8A 6X7
KILROE & ASSOCIATES LTD 42 Calgary Alberta T2E 6V2
KNOLL GROUP 43 Toronto Ontario M9M 2Y7
LE CLUB PISCINE PLUS C P P Q (LAVAL) INC 44 Laval Quebec H7S 1Z6
LE CLUB PISCINE PLUS C P P Q (LONGUEUIL) INC 45 Longueuil Quebec J4G 1P1
LE CLUB PISCINE PLUS C P P Q (WEST ISLAND) INC 46 Pierrefonds Quebec H9H 4G2
LE CLUB PISCINE PLUS QUEBEC C P P Q INC 47 Bois-des-Filion Quebec J6Z 4V1
LET RIGHT INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES LTD. 48 Richmond British Columbia V6X 3Z7
LOBLAWS INC. 49 Brampton Ontario L6Y 5S5
LONDON DRUGS LIMITED 50 Richmond British Columbia V7A 4X5
LOWE'S COMPANIES CANADA, ULC 51 Toronto Ontario M5L 1B9
MATTEL CANADA INC 52 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3W2
MEADOW PATH LIMITED 53 Toronto Ontario M9W 1B6
MINISTRY OF MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS REC & CULT FT STEELE 54 Victoria British Columbia V8W 3C8
MOUNTAIN HOUSE IMPORT & EXPORT LTD 55 De Winton Alberta T0L 0X0
PATIO & LEISURE PRODUCTS 56 Edmonton Alberta T5P 4B6
PATIORAMA BOURQUE 57 Saint-Antoine Quebec J7Z 5T4
PATRICK MORIN INC. 58 Joliette Quebec J6E 3P2
PEAVEY INDUSTRIES LIMITED 59 Red Deer Alberta T4P 2H9
PERFORMANCE FURNISHINGS INTERNATIONAL LTD. 60 North Vancouver British Columbia V7K 3C8
PIER 1 IMPORTS (U.S.), INC. 61 Markham Ontario L3R 0T9
PIONEER FAMILY POOLS (HAMILTON) INC 62 Hamilton Ontario L8W 3N7
PISCIDELLE INC 63 Gatineau Quebec J8T 8A8
RENE CORRIVEAU & FILS INC 64 Montmagny Quebec G5V 2M6
RESTORATION HARDWARE CANADA, INC. 65 Vancouver British Columbia V6H 3G7
RONA CORPORATION / CORPORATION RONA 66 Boucherville Quebec J4B 8H7
SCHOOLHOUSE PRODUCTS INC. 67 Markham Ontario L3R 2S5
SDR SEATING INC 68 Burlington Ontario L7L 5Z7
SHOPPERS DRUG MART INC. 69 Toronto Ontario M2J 4W8
SOJAG INC 70 Brossard Quebec J4Y 2P4
STEELCASE CANADA LIMITED 71 Toronto Ontario M3C 2R7
SUDDEN FUN RECREATION EQUIPMENT LTD 72 Calgary Alberta T2X 3C7
THE GINGER JAR ENTERPRISE LIMITED 73 North Vancouver British Columbia V7P 2K3
THE INFINITY SPORTS GROUP LTD. 74 Langley British Columbia V4W 4B2
THE SIGN OF THE SKIER LTD 75 Toronto Ontario M4N 2J2
TOYS 76 R  US (CANADA) LTD/TOYS R
TRADE WEST EQUIPMENT LTD 77 Regina Saskatchewan S4R 2B2
USE RM0013 78 Toronto Ontario M5B 2B8
VERANDA JARDIN R P INC 79 Drummondville Quebec J2C 6E5
WAL-MART CANADA CORP/LA COMPAGNIE WAL-MART DU CANADA 80 Mississauga Ontario L5N 1P9
WINNERS DIVISION OF WINNERS MERCHANTS INT. LP. 81 Mississauga Ontario L4V 1Y2
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