COSTPRO: CAN IT OVERCOME CUSTOM'S PAPER WORK DICTATORSHIP?

A joint association between the Canadian Government and several Canadian industries was created in 1972 to develop a computer based system that will eliminate most of the paperwork, and thus speed up the operations, of the customs procedures in Canada. The system, known as "The Canadian Organization for the Simplification of Trade Procedures" (COSTPRO), was first proposed in 1969. The Organization has kept in touch with other similar systems being developed in other countries, noteably England, and hopes that ultimately a COSTPRO type system might be used globally.

• Corporate Authors:

  Southam Business Publications Limited

  1450 Don Mills Road
  Don Mills, ONo,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • PATTERSON, M
• Publication Date: 1974-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 14-17
• Serial:
  • Canadian Transportation & Distribution Management
  • Volume: 77
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Southam Business Publications Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Customs administration; Information processing; International trade
• Old TRIS Terms: Costpro
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057707
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 11 1974 12:00AM