Underministry of International Trade Negotiations
Mexico's export opportunity in the Canadian market
Thousands of US dollars
 
9404.90.10  Pillows, cushions and similar furnishings, of cotton;  Quilts, eiderdowns, comforters and similar articles of textile material containing less than 85% by weight of silk or silk waste
 
1 Canada's demand for this product
  Canadian imports 2007   Main suppliers 2007
  Province Total From Mexico   Rank Country Value %
    Value % Value % Share  
  Total: 175,552 100.0 3,396 100.0 1.9     Total 175,552 100.0
  Ontario 81,561 46.5 1,053 31.0 1.3   1 China 105,942 60.3
  British Columbia 47,554 27.1 385 11.3 0.8   2 United States 44,992 25.6
  Quebec 40,847 23.3 1,510 44.5 3.7   3 Pakistan 9,610 5.5
  Alberta 2,631 1.5 374 11.0 14.2   4 India 4,205 2.4
  Manitoba 1,745 1.0 75 2.2 4.3   5 Mexico 3,396 1.9
  Nova Scotia 787 0.4 0 0.0 0.0   6 Estonia 2,754 1.6
  Saskatchewan 225 0.1 0 0.0 0.0   7 Italy 666 0.4
  New Brunswick 200 0.1 0 0.0 0.0   8 Bangladesh 504 0.3
  Yukon 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   9 Poland 408 0.2
  Newfoundland 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0   10 Portugal 380 0.2
                       
                       
                       
                       
2 Tariff advantages
Mexico Tariff: Free Most Favoured Nation Tariff: 14 %
     
3 Mexico's export supply
Mexican exports 2007
Rank Country Value %      
     
  Total: 135,805 100.0      
1 Estados Unidos de America 129,810 95.6      
2 Puerto Rico 1,534 1.1      
3 Costa Rica (República de) 1,359 1.0      
4 Canada 1,298 1.0      
5 Venezuela (República de) 633 0.5      
6 Guatemala (República de) 270 0.2      
7 Republica Dominicana 160 0.1      
8 Honduras (República de) 116 0.1      
9 El Salvador (República de ) 111 0.1      
10 Arabia Saudita (Reino de) 95 0.1        
               
   
4 Canadian importers                    
         
Company Name  Order City Province Postal Code            
6287 HOLDINGS INC. 1 Toronto Ontario M5K 1N6
ADVANCED HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS INC 2 Lindsay Ontario K9V 5Z9
AIR CANADA 3 Richmond British Columbia V7B 1K4
BASSELTEX INC 4 Dollard-des-Ormeaux Quebec H9G 2P3
BECO INDUSTRIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 5 Vegreville Alberta T9C 1C3
BOUCLAIR INC. 6 Pointe-Claire Quebec H9R 6B4
CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION LIMITED 7 Brampton Ontario L6T 4L5
COSTCO WHOLESALE CANADA LTD 8 Ottawa Ontario K2E 1C5
DAN RIVER INC. 9 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3Z9
DECOR MAISON LADY SANDRA INC. / LADY SANDRA HOME FASHIONS INC. 10 MontrÚal Quebec H1Z 4P5
DECORS DE MAISON COMMONWEALTH INC/COMMONWEALTH HOME FASHIONS 11 MontrÚal Quebec H2C 2B4
E & E CANADA CO., LTD. 12 Brampton Ontario L6W 2W5
FIELDS STORE A DIV. OF HUDSONS BAY 13 Toronto Ontario M5H 2Y4
GROUPE DUTAILIER INC /DUTAILIER GROUP INC 14 Saint-Pie Quebec J0H 1W0
GUEST SUPPLY CANADA INC. 15 Mississauga Ontario L4Z 4G3
H.B. PROMOTION INC. 16 Sainte-ThÚrÞse Quebec J7E 1M1
HERITAGE LINENCRAFT INC 17 MontrÚal Quebec H4P 1W9
HIGHLAND FEATHER MANUFACTURING INC 18 Toronto Ontario M1S 3B1
IKEA WHOLESALE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 19 Brossard Quebec J4Z 3R9
JHL INTERNATIONAL TRADING CO. LTD. 20 Burnaby British Columbia V5A 3Y9
JYSK LINEN'N FURNITURE INC. 21 Surrey British Columbia V3S 2X6
LAWRENCE HOME FASHIONS INC/LINGE DE MAISON LAWRENCE INC 22 Mont-Royal Quebec H4T 1M1
LIQUIDATION WORLD INC 23 Calgary Alberta T1Y 6B6
LITERIES UNIVERSELLES PAGA INC /PAGA UNIVERSAL LINENS INC 24 Saint-Laurent Quebec H4T 1N8
LOBLAWS INC. 25 Brampton Ontario L6Y 5S5
MARIMAC INC 26 Lachine Quebec H8T 1A3
NEMCOR INC 27 Cambridge Ontario N1R 8G9
P.I.D.DESIGN INC. 28 Toronto Ontario M8Z 5X3
PACIFIC COAST FEATHER CANADA INC 29 Concord Ontario L4K 2C7
PIER 1 IMPORTS (U.S.), INC. 30 Markham Ontario L3R 0T9
RADIO DIV OF ROGERS BROADCASTING LIMITED 31 Toronto Ontario M4W 1G9
ROSE E DEE (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED 32 Toronto Ontario M6M 1Y6
SEARS CANADA MERCHANDISING SERVICES 33 Toronto Ontario M5B 2B8
SPRINGS CANADA, INC 34 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3T4
SUNBEAM CORPORATION (CANADA) LIMITED 35 Mississauga Ontario L5R 3V8
TEMPUR CANADA 36 London Ontario N6G 5C2
THE BOMBAY COMPANY 37 Brampton Ontario L6T 5W4
WAL-MART CANADA CORP/LA COMPAGNIE WAL-MART DU CANADA 38 Mississauga Ontario L5N 1P9
WESTFAIR FOODS LTD. 39 Calgary Alberta T2P 2H9
WILLIAMS-SONOMA CANADA, INC 40 Toronto Ontario M6A 2T9
WINNERS DIVISION OF WINNERS MERCHANTS INT. LP. 41 Mississauga Ontario L4V 1Y2
ZSEMBA APRON & UPHOLSTERY LTD. 42 Toronto Ontario M9W 5M2
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