Growing Lumber Exports Balance Canadian Port Trade | Journal of Commerce
We have become neatly balanced as a port on the West Coast, with about 0.8 percent to 0.9 percent of full boxes going out for every one full box coming in, as forest products and grain now go out in containers,” said Robin Silvester, CEO of Port Metro Vancouver’s public authority.
Canada Defends Trade Policies Against FMC Inquiry | Journal of Commerce
The FMC will focus on the effect of the Harbor Maintenance Tax on the diversion of cargo. Carriers pay the tax based on the value of their cargo each time a ship calls at a U.S. port. Cargo landing in Mexico or Canada for shipment to the U.S. does not pay the tax.
Tax it and they will leave.....
We have become neatly balanced as a port on the West Coast, with about 0.8 percent to 0.9 percent of full boxes going out for every one full box coming in, as forest products and grain now go out in containers,” said Robin Silvester, CEO of Port Metro Vancouver’s public authority.
Canada Defends Trade Policies Against FMC Inquiry | Journal of Commerce
The FMC will focus on the effect of the Harbor Maintenance Tax on the diversion of cargo. Carriers pay the tax based on the value of their cargo each time a ship calls at a U.S. port. Cargo landing in Mexico or Canada for shipment to the U.S. does not pay the tax.
Tax it and they will leave.....