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30 July 2015
The National Practices Catalogue annexed to the Guidelines on Preferential Origin Verification has been updated. It consists of practical information on the implementation of verification provided by volunteer Members.
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29 July 2015
From August 2013 to November 2014, the WCO-WACAM project, funded by Sweden, endeavored to build the stakeholder engagement and communication capacities of the Cape Verdean Customs Administration (CVCA).
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28 July 2015
In the framework of the West African Customs Administrations Modernization (WACAM) project, funded by Sweden, a national support mission in the field of Human Resource Management (HRM) was carried out by the WCO from 8 to 15 July 2015 in Banjul, the Gambia.
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17 July 2015
At the invitation of the Customs department of the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the WCO participated in the "International Workshop on the Performance of the AEO programme in Kazakhstan" held in Almaty (Kazakhstan) from 7 to 9 July 2015
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16 July 2015
The Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) hosted a WCO Revenue Package national Workshop from 6 to 10 July 2015 in Maseru with the aim of continuing preparations for the implementation of an advance ruling system for classification and origin, as required under the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.
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16 July 2015
Streamlined trade is now a step closer for Australian businesses with the launch of the highly anticipated Australian Trusted Trader pilot programme.
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15 July 2015
Dubai Customs intercepted 1kg of heroin on 14 June 2015 at Dubai International Airport (DXB) Terminal 2.
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15 July 2015
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is pleased to announce that an inter-regional Operation focusing on the illegal trade in wildlife in South America and Mexico resulted in 23 arrests and over 775 animal specimens seized.
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14 July 2015
As part of the WCO’s Executive Programme in Customs and Business Administration (EPCBA), a Leadership and Management Development (LMD) Workshop was delivered in Seoul from 23 June until 3 July 2015.
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14 July 2015
The WCO Career Development Programme for 2014/2015 ended successfully with a ceremony at which the eight Professional Associates were awarded certificates on their successful completion of the Programme.
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14 July 2015
In July 2015 a WCO Capacity Building support mission was undertaken to Viet Nam. The mission was the latest in a series of inputs as part of the Project for "Customs Capacity Building for WCO Members 2012-15" which is funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD).
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14 July 2015
The 8th Steering Committee (SC) Meeting of the Finnish-funded WCO Project "Building Trade Capacity through Customs Modernization in the East and Southern Africa (ESA) Region" took place in Brussels, Belgium, on the 10th of June 2014 in the margins of the WCO Council sessions. Members of the Project SC are Malawi, South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finnish Customs and the WCO Secretariat.
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13 July 2015
The WCO is pleased to inform of the release of the newly developed Customs-Business Partnership Guidance.
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10 July 2015
The First Regional Conference of Donors in the West and Central Africa Region was held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 8 and 9 July 2015.
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10 July 2015
The WCO recently conducted a five-day workshop dedicated to Customs valuation for the Moldovan Customs Service. Twenty Customs officers representing Customs Valuation and Post Clearance Audit Divisions took part in the event.
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09 July 2015
At the invitation of Lebanese Customs, the WCO conducted a workshop on the ‘Development of a Pre-arrival Processing System’ in Beirut, Lebanon from 24 to 26 June 2015. 20 middle-ranking officials from various divisions such as risk management, procedures, inspection, and IT participated in the workshop.
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09 July 2015
The WCO recently led two training seminars on valuation control of goods imported into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They were aimed at experts and trainers from the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DGDA).
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07 July 2015
Namibia Customs and Excise hosted a WCO Revenue Package national Workshop from 30 June to 3 July 2015 in Windhoek with the aim of preparing the Administration for the implementation of an advance ruling system for classification and origin, as required under the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.
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03 July 2015
4th Meeting of the Heads of Customs Administrations of the Turkic Council
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03 July 2015
The WCO organized the Third Global Canine Forum from 24 to 26 June 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the support of the Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP) of Argentina.
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01 July 2015
The Minister of China Customs, Mr. Yu Guangzhou, met with WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya on 29 June 2015 to discuss areas of future cooperation.
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01 July 2015
At the invitation of WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya attended the Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade at the WTO in Geneva from 30 June to 2 July, and spoke about the WCO’s role, and that of Customs, in supporting the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) during the opening session of the first day of the Conference.
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01 July 2015
The Federal Customs Service of Russia held the 11th meeting of the Committee of Heads of Law Enforcement Units (CHLEU) of the Council of Heads of National Customs Authorities of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Irkutsk, Russia on 25 June 2015.
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01 July 2015
As part of its Capacity Building strategy and under the sponsorship of the Korean Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF Korea), the WCO and the RTC Brasilia have jointly organized a regional workshop on Rules of Origin in Brasilia, Brazil from 22 to 26 June 2015.
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01 July 2015
At the invitation of the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia, the WCO conducted a workshop on the implementation of AEO programme in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) from 15 to 17 June 2015.
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