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Trade Commissioner Service [textual record]

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Date:

1921-1960

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R202-24-6-E, RG20-C-2-f

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134228

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Department of Trade and Commerce fonds

Trade Commissioner Service
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Series includes:

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Date(s):

1921-1960

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

2.9 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of records created and/or maintained by the Trade Commissioner Service. The series includes annual reports, inspection reports, and circular letters.

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Canada. Trade Commissioner Service

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Canada. Trade Commissioner Service : The first full-time Commercial Agent, J.S. Larke, was posted to Sydney, New South Wales in 1894. Larke was the real forerunner of the Trade Commissioner Service. The term "Trade Commissioner" was introduced in 1907. Four years later, a new branch of the Department, the Commercial Intelligence Service, took over the administration of these trade representatives. The first Commodity Officers were appointed in Trade and Commerce in 1933. These technical specialists acted as liaison between Canadian firms and Trade Commissioners abroad to provide expert information on potential markets for Canadian goods. "Area Desks" were set up in the Commercial Intelligence Service for the British Empire, Europe, France and French Colonies, the West Indies and Newfoundland, Latin America, and UNRRA in 1945. The officers were responsible for all phases of the Service's work in their areas, except where activities pertained to Commodity Officers, and acted as liaison between Trade Commissioners and Canadian businessmen. A major reorganization of the Department saw the title Commercial Intelligence Service replaced by Foreign Trade Service. This new Service consisted of the Trade Commissioner Service, including the new Area Desks, the combined Commercial Relations and Foreign Tariffs Division, the Export Division and Export Permit Branch, the new Import Division, the new Industrial Development Division, and the Trade Publicity Division, formerly the Publicity and Advertising Branch. When the Departments of Industry and Trade and Commerce were amalgamated to form Industry, Trade and Commerce in 1969, the Trade Commissioner Service became part of External Services, one of two major sectors headed by the Senior Assistant Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Development. RG20 General Inventory

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RG20-C-2-f
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