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Export to Canada, sell into North America without opening an office
If your company is outside North America and English is not your first language, you do not need a subsidiary to start selling here. You need a credible English-speaking representative on the ground. I act as your Canadian and North American face: I take the calls, work the accounts, staff and build your trade show booth, manage the freight, and report back to your head office in clear, plain English.
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Corridors
Twenty markets, each with its own page
🇩🇪 Germany
Germany is one of Canada's largest European trading partners, and CETA has removed tariffs on the overwhelming majority of industrial goods. German…
CETA (Canada: EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)
🇮🇹 Italy
Italian manufacturers dominate categories Canada imports heavily, machinery, furniture, tile, specialty food. CETA gives duty-free access…
CETA (Canada: EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)
🇨🇳 China
Chinese manufacturers have the capacity and price position for the Canadian market, but face the steepest credibility gap. A local English-speaking…
MFN tariff treatment; no bilateral FTA
🇯🇵 Japan
The CPTPP gives Japanese exporters preferential access to Canada. Japanese product quality is already trusted here; what is usually missing…
CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership)
🇰🇷 South Korea
CKFTA (Canada: Korea Free Trade Agreement) has eliminated tariffs on most industrial goods. Korean exporters are competitive on both technology…
CKFTA (Canada: Korea Free Trade Agreement)
🇹🇷 Türkiye
Turkish manufacturers offer European-adjacent quality at competitive pricing, with strong capacity in building materials and textiles, both…
MFN tariff treatment; bilateral trade discussions ongoing
🇪🇸 Spain
CETA gives Spanish exporters duty-free access to Canada. Spanish tile, food and machinery categories have proven Canadian demand, particularly…
CETA (Canada: EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)
🇫🇷 France
CETA plus long-standing Canada: France ties make this a natural corridor. Many French exporters focus on Quebec for language reasons and leave…
CETA (Canada: EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Dutch agri-tech and horticultural equipment lead the world, and Canadian greenhouse and food-processing sectors are expanding fast. CETA removes…
CETA (Canada: EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)
🇵🇱 Poland
Poland is among Europe's fastest-growing manufacturing exporters, particularly in furniture and fenestration, and Canada has a large Polish-Canadian…
CETA (Canada: EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)
🇮🇳 India
India: Canada merchandise trade continues to grow, supported by deep diaspora business links. Indian manufacturers are competitive across engineering…
MFN tariff treatment; EPTA discussions ongoing
🇧🇷 Brazil
Brazil is Canada's largest South American trading partner. Favourable time-zone overlap with Eastern Canada makes day-to-day coordination genuinely…
MFN tariff treatment; Mercosur: Canada negotiations ongoing
🇲🇽 Mexico
CUSMA makes Mexico a duty-free North American partner, and Mexican manufacturers already supply the continental automotive and appliance chains.…
CUSMA / USMCA (Canada: United States: Mexico Agreement)
🇻🇳 Vietnam
Vietnam has become a major beneficiary of supply-chain diversification, and CPTPP gives preferential access to Canada. Furniture and textiles…
CPTPP (Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership)
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
The UAE is a major re-export hub and a growing direct exporter of building materials and industrial products, with well-capitalized firms seeking…
MFN tariff treatment; CEPA discussions ongoing
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
Bangladesh receives duty-free, quota-free access to Canada under the Least Developed Country Tariff (LDCT). One of the most favourable tariff…
LDCT: Least Developed Country Tariff (duty-free, quota-free)
🇵🇰 Pakistan
Pakistan exports to Canada under General Preferential Tariff (GPT) treatment, with established strength in textiles, surgical instruments…
GPT: General Preferential Tariff
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is Canada's largest trading partner in the Gulf region. Vision 2030 diversification has produced well-capitalized industrial exporters…
MFN tariff treatment; bilateral trade dialogue ongoing
🇮🇶 Iraq
Iraq trades with Canada under MFN treatment, with dates, agri-products and petrochemical derivatives the most established export categories. Canada's…
MFN tariff treatment, enhanced compliance screening applies
🇵🇹 Portugal
CETA gives Portuguese exporters duty-free access, and Canada's large Portuguese-Canadian community provides an established commercial bridge…
CETA (Canada: EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)
Further reading
Doing business in Canada, the 10 rules nobody writes down
The payment terms, customs habits and negotiating conventions that catch foreign suppliers out in their first year here. Free to read, nothing to sign up for.
Contact
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- Call: +1 519 278 5085
- Email: tim@timarmstrong.ca
- Based: London & Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, America/Toronto (Eastern Time)
- Availability: Available nationally across Canada, on-site, hybrid or remote
- Serving: London, Stratford, Woodstock, Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, Brantford, Sarnia, Chatham-Kent, Windsor, Toronto, Mississauga and Canada-wide
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