Canada's SMEs Are Ready to Export.They Just Need the Right Guide.

Over 1.1 million SMEs power 98.2% of Canadian businesses — yet only 11% are active in global markets. MERCORAMA connects you with trade experts who change that.

🇨🇦 1.1M+ Canadian SMEs·97.4% of exporters are SMEs·50+ markets via CETA & CPTPP·<30% currently claim FTA benefits·72% of SME exporters sell to US only·$33T in global trade annually·🇨🇦 1.1M+ Canadian SMEs·97.4% of exporters are SMEs·50+ markets via CETA & CPTPP·<30% currently claim FTA benefits·72% of SME exporters sell to US only·$33T in global trade annually·

The Opportunity Is Enormous — But So Is the Gap

Canada is home to 1.08 million small businesses and nearly 17,000 medium-sized enterprises — the backbone of the Canadian economy. Despite trade agreements like CETA and CPTPP opening access to 50+ markets, fewer than 30% of SMEs use their Free Trade Agreement entitlements. The potential to grow is immense.

72%SMEs selling to US only
30%Using FTA entitlements
11%Active in global markets

Why SMEs Get Stuck

72% of Canadian SME exporters sell exclusively to the US — leaving CETA and CPTPP advantages entirely unclaimed.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2025

Only 11% of Canadian SMEs are doing business in the global marketplace.

Source: GAC / CPTPP SME report

Fewer than 30% of SMEs currently use their FTA entitlements — CETA + CPTPP open 50+ markets.

Source: GAC / ICC

Wrong HS codes void FTA claims, trigger back-duties, and expose businesses to audit risk.

EXW or DAP Incoterm misuse creates liability gaps and quietly erodes your margins on every deal.

Meet Your Export Advantage — Real Experts, Real Deals

The 4 Decisions That Determine Every Export Deal

Get any one wrong and it cascades through all the others. MERCORAMA trade experts guide you through each one — inside a structured, audit-ready workflow.

1
Classification & Customs
2
Market Access & Intelligence
3
Incoterms & Risk Allocation
4
Export Deal Framework

Not a Report. A Working Partnership.

MERCORAMA experts don't hand you a 40-page report and disappear. They work alongside your team — inside the platform — to classify your product, select your market, apply the right Incoterm, and build a signed-ready deal record. From HS Code to signed deal.

“The tools exist. The FTAs exist.
The gap is operational — and that's exactly what MERCORAMA closes.”

— MightyIQ, MERCORAMA Platform Brief, April 2026

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Global merchandise trade annually

WTO 2023

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Canadian SMEs

ISED, 2025

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Markets opened by CETA & CPTPP

0.4%

Of exporters are SMEs

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Currently claim FTA benefits

GAC/ICC

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SME exporters selling to US only

Stats Canada, 2025

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