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29 May 2015
The World Customs Organization (WCO) held a National Workshop on Transit for Azerbaijan Customs at the WCO Regional Office for Capacity Building for Europe in Baku, Azerbaijan from 19 to 21 May 2015.
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29 May 2015
Following a request for capacity building in the area of effective revenue assurance, the WCO conducted a Regional Workshop on Post-Clearance Audit (PCA) for the North of Africa, Near and Middle East Region in Doha, Qatar from 10 to 14 May 2015. The workshop was supported by Qatar Customs.
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29 May 2015
World No Tobacco Day
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28 May 2015
At the invitation of the Georgia Revenue Service, the WCO conducted a workshop on the implementation of AEO programme in Tbilissi (Georgia) from 19 to 22 May 2015.
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28 May 2015
At the invitation of Minister Yu Guangzhou of China Customs, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the "Connectivity and Win-win Development Forum for Heads of Customs Administrations along the Belt and Road", held in Xi'an, China on 27-28 May 2015.
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28 May 2015
In the framework of the West African Customs Administrations Modernization (WACAM) project, funded by Sweden, a regional support mission in the field of Human Resource Management (HRM) was carried out by the WCO from the 4th to the 8th of May 2015 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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28 May 2015
The World Customs Organization (WCO), in cooperation with the Korea Customs Service and the WCO Regional Intelligence Liaison Office for Asia and the Pacific (RILO A/P), organized an "International Seminar on Combating New Psychoactive Substances" in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 19 to 22 May 2015.
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26 May 2015
The World Customs Organization (WCO) welcomes the APEC Statement adopted at the Meeting of APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade held on 23-24 May 2015, in Boracay, Philippines.
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26 May 2015
In line with the objectives of the MoU between the two organizations, the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Universal Postal Union‘s (UPU) organized a Joint WCO-UPU Customs-Post Workshop – "Fostering greater cooperation between Customs and Posts and promoting the development of cross-border e-commerce" for the Asia Pacific (A/P) region in Guangzhou, P. R. China, from 19 to 22 May 2015.
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26 May 2015
At the invitation of the Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), Dr Bernard Vallat, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya spoke as a guest of honour at the Opening of the 83rd General Session of the OIE in Paris, France, on 24 May 2015.
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26 May 2015
Upon request of Oman Customs, a WCO support mission was conducted from 10 to 14 May 2015 in Muscat, Oman, to help the administration draft a new Strategic Plan taking due account of the WCO most essential instruments, as well as modern strategic planning methods.
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26 May 2015
The organizational effort in developing the leadership and management skills of Qatar Customs Authority managers has been sustained again this year through the organization of the second Leadership and management development workshop.
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26 May 2015
Upon invitation by Mr. Daulet Yergozhin, Chairman, State Revenue Committee, Ministry of Finance, Kazakhstan, the WCO, represented by Ms. Heike Barczyk, Deputy Director Compliance and Facilitation, participated in the European Regional Forum "Partnership: Customs and Business" which was held in Astana on 21-22 May 2015.
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22 May 2015
At the invitation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), in cooperation with the Philippines Government, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya spoke at the ADB Beyond Tariffs Forum in Manila together with ADB President Takehiko Nakao and WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo on 21 May 2015.
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21 May 2015
At the invitation of Commanding General Saverio Capolupo, WCO Deputy Secretary General Sergio Mujica visited Italy’s Guardia di Finanza on 19 and 20 May 2015.
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21 May 2015
The 1st Executive Programme in Customs & Business Administration (EPCBA Programme) at KISG was launched in Seoul on Tuesday 19 May 2015.
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21 May 2015
In April 2015 a team of WCO Experts travelled to Brazil to conduct a Phase 3 Progress Evaluation Mission. This was the first Phase 3 mission to be conducted in the WCO Americas and Caribbean region.
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21 May 2015
The 7th ROCB-RTCs-Vice Chairs’ Office Meeting in the Europe Region took place in RTC Budapest on 28 and 29 April 2015 with delegates from all 6 RTCs of the WCO Europe Region, the ROCB as well as from the WCO Secretariat and the Vice Chair’s office (European Union).
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20 May 2015
Dubai Customs has hosted a two-day meeting on the Suspicious Cargo Initiative launched in mid-2014 with the intention of further boosting communication between Customs administrations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States and the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (RILO) - Middle East, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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20 May 2015
On 19 May 2015, the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) and Singapore Customs announced the biggest seizure of elephant ivory since 2002 amounting to 3.7 tonnes.
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20 May 2015
Upon request by the Director General of Egypt Customs, the WCO organized a five-day National Workshop on the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC) which was held in Alexandria (Egypt) from 27 April to 2 May 2015.
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20 May 2015
The International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations (IFCBA) marked its 25th anniversary by holding its Board of Directors meeting at WCO headquarters on 18 and 19 May 2015.
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19 May 2015
The WCO was informed by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on 13 May 2015, that Palestine has deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention establishing a Customs Co-operation Council and became a Member of the WCO with effect from 24 March 2015.
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18 May 2015
As part of its Capacity Building strategy and under the sponsorship of the Korean Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF Korea), the WCO and the ROCB- MENA have jointly organized a Regional Accreditation Workshop for Expert Trainers on Rules of Origin from 3 to 7 May 2015 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in which eleven Customs Officials from the Region took part.
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13 May 2015
On 11 May 2015, Saudi Customs, Ministry of Finance, represented by its Deputy Director General Dr. Hamad S. AlQasoumi, and the WCO, represented by its Secretary General Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a WCO Regional Dog Training Centre in Riyadh.
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12 May 2015
WCO and Global Express Association meet to discuss global trade facilitation issues
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12 May 2015
With sponsorship of the German Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF/Germany), a WCO National Workshop on the Tariff Classification of Dairy Products, Food Supplements and Multi-functional High-tech Devices was held in the headquarters of the Customs Administration of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in Skopje, from 4 to 8 May 2015.
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08 May 2015
The 14th annual WCO IT Conference & Exhibition was officially opened on 6 May 2015 in Freeport. Senior Government representatives of The Bahamas Government opened the 3-day Conference in the presence of over 400 participants from 75 countries.
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08 May 2015
Back to back with the WCO IT Conference held in Freeport, Bahamas, the WCO also held its first regional Workshop on Strategic Leadership in Information Technology from 4 to 5 May 2015.
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07 May 2015
The 14th annual WCO IT Conference & Exhibition was officially opened on 6 May 2015 in Freeport. Senior Government representatives of The Bahamas Government opened the 3-day Conference in the presence of over 400 participants from 75 countries.
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06 May 2015
The Correlation Tables between the 2012 version and the 2017 version of the Harmonized System (HS) are an essential device for preparation of new national Customs tariffs and a trade statistical classification based upon the HS Nomenclature 2017 Edition; modification of HS-based international Nomenclatures such as the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) and the Central Product Classification (CPC); and preparations for possible WTO negotiations.
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06 May 2015
This newsletter is set out to inform about the Capacity Building Projects in Sub- Saharan African Customs Unions as sponsored by the government of Sweden. The project includes the WCO- EAC CREATE Project, the WCO- WACAM Project, The SACU Connect Project and the WCO INAMA Project.
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06 May 2015
On 24 April 2015, a representative of the Director General of the Customs Authority of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) participated in Geneva at the signing of a project document that covers the implementation of the new ASYPM performance measurement module of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) Customs clearance system (ASYCUDA).
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05 May 2015
At the request of the Albanian General Directorate of Customs related to one of their strategic objectives in the area of Trade Facilitation, the WCO conducted a National Single Window Workshop for Albanian Customs in Tirana, Albania from 14 to 17 April 2015.
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05 May 2015
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the World Shipping Council (WSC) and the WCO was signed on 4 May 2015.
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04 May 2015
At the invitation of Ms. Minette Libom Li Likeng, Director General of Cameroon Customs and Vice-Chair of the WCO ‘s West and Central Africa Region, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya attended the Heads of Customs Conference of the WCO West and Central Africa Region from 29 April to 1 May 2015. The Conference was hosted by Mr. Dikko Inde Abdullahi, Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, and was held in Abuja, Nigeria. All 23 regional Members were present.
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04 May 2015
At the invitation of Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Heads of delegation attending the WCO Regional Meeting of West and Central Africa were received at the Presidential Palace in Abuja on 30 April 2015.
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