TA Tim Armstrong
Business Sales · Logistics · Training · AI
(519) 278-5085

20 trade corridors · English representation · No subsidiary required

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.

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 Mi…

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, and Canadia…

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 re…

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 is a local…

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 and pr…

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 categories…

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 through…

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 the far…

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 the t…

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 b…

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 pr…

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. Expan…

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 are espe…

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 Nort…

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 position…

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 and sporting…

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 in…

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, particul…

CETA (Canada: EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement)

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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