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![[From r. to l.:] Mr. Sigurður Skúli Bergsson, Deputy Director General of Iceland Customs; Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, WCO Secretary General; Ms. Sigfríður Gunnlaugsdóttir, International Affairs Manager, Iceland Customs; And Mr. Snorri Olsen, former Director General and, currently, Director, Internal Revenue, Iceland Customs](/-/media/wco/public/images/media/press-releases/december-2018/iceland_slider_.jpg?h=110&la=en&w=180)
21 December 2018
At the invitation of the Deputy Director General of Iceland Customs, Mr. Sigurður Skúli Bergsson, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Reykjavik on 20 December 2018.
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21 December 2018
The World Customs Organization (WCO) in collaboration with the Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council (CCCLEC) and St. Lucia Customs, as well as with the generous financial support of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) via Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), organized a five-day Workshop on the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures, as amended, the well-known Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC), in Castries, Saint Lucia from 26 to 30 November 2018.
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21 December 2018
On 6 December 2018, the Container Control Programme (CCP) has won the prestigious 2018 Bureau International des Containers (BIC) Award, presented to an individual or organization for noteworthy contributions relating to the advancement of safety, security, standardization or sustainability in the fields of containerization and intermodal transportation.
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20 December 2018
On 19 December 2018, a delegation from Kyrgyz Customs led by First Deputy Chairman Mr. Shamil Berdaliev visited WCO Headquarters to sign the Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of a WCO Regional Training Centre (RTC) in the Kyrgyz Republic.
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20 December 2018
Over the past two years the Comoros Customs Administration has been fully committed to wide-ranging reform and modernization.
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19 December 2018
As part of its Strategic goal to strengthen capacity building and in the pursue of disseminating Customs knowledge to the private sector around the globe, the World Customs Organization signed the first cooperation agreement in Latin America with the Association of Exporters of Peru (ADEX) the 13th December 2018 in Lima, Peru.
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19 December 2018
In cooperation with the UNESCO Regional Office in Dakar and Senegal Customs, the WCO organized its first training on the “Prevention of Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage” (PITCH) for countries in the West and Central Africa (WCA) region.
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18 December 2018
A new laboratory from the National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT) was inaugurated 13th December 2018 in Lima (Callao), Peru, with the presence of the Vice-minister of Economy, Mr. Hugo Perea Flores, the Vice-minister of Internal Order, Mr. Esteban Saavedra Mendoza, the National Superintendent of SUNAT, Ms. Claudia Suarez Gutierrez and the Deputy National Superintendent Mr. Rafael Garcia Melgar.
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18 December 2018
At the invitation of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the WCO successfully participated in the Africa e-commerce week event, held in Kenya, Nairobi, from 10 to 14 December 2018.
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18 December 2018
Fifteen (15) Customs officers from Uganda Revenue Administration (URA) participated in a WCO Airport Compliance and Enforcement Officer (ACEO) workshop from 10 to 14 December 2018.
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18 December 2018
In response to a request with a view to building its capacities in the field of Post-Clearance Audit (PCA), the WCO organized a National Workshop for Sri Lanka Customs from 10 to 14 December 2018 with the financial support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of China (CCF/China).
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18 December 2018
At the invitation of Ms. Paulina Nazal, Executive Secretary of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Chile 2019, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya spoke at the symposium organized at the Informal Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) held in Santiago, Chile on 13 December 2018.
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18 December 2018
The 4th Meeting of the Technical Experts Group on Non-Intrusive Inspection (TEG-NII) was held on 13-14 December 2018 at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels.
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18 December 2018
Five Revenue Authorities of East Africa, namely Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, gathered in Nairobi, Kenya on 6 December 2018 for the second Regional Joint Coordinating Committee (RJCC) meeting of their “Project on Capacity Development for Trade Facilitation and Border Control in East Africa”.
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17 December 2018
The Second Meeting of the WCO Working Group on the Comprehensive Review of the Revised Kyoto Convention (WGRKC) took place in Brussels from 10 to 12 December 2018, launching substantive discussions on proposals developed by WCO Members for the comprehensive review of the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC).
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17 December 2018
At the request of the Federal Administration of Public Revenues/Argentinian Customs (AFIP/DGA), the WCO conducted a diagnostic mission on the implementation of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA) from 3- 7 December 2018, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The mission was conducted under the framework of WCO Mercator Programme.
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14 December 2018
The first WCO Regional Workshop ever on data analytics took place in Doha, Qatar from 2 to 6 December with the financial support from Qatar Customs to improve data analytics capabilities of Customs Administrations from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region and discuss data analytics as an extremely powerful tool for improving the way Customs Administrations are operating.
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14 December 2018
The WCO East and Southern Africa region adopted its 2018-2021 Regional Strategy in May 2018.
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14 December 2018
The WCO National Workshop for Cambodia Customs on Border Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) was held on 4-7 December 2018 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, under the sponsorship of the Japanese Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF/Japan) and in close cooperation and coordination with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
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13 December 2018
Since Colombian Customs Administration is currently in the process of implementing a new IT support service for the submission of import, export and transit declarations, it has asked the World Customs Organization to assist with the evaluation of the adoption of the WCO Data Model.
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13 December 2018
In its ongoing endeavours to support its Members through capacity building activities, the WCO conducted a National Workshop on Risk Assessment and Selectivity in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 26 to 30 November 2018.
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13 December 2018
With a view to supporting the Antigua and Barbuda Customs and Excise Department in its reform and modernization programme and to implement the requirements of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), the WCO conducted a Risk Management Diagnostic Mission from 26 to 30 November 2018 in St. Johns, Antigua and Barbuda.
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13 December 2018
In cooperation with the Lao Customs Department and the Japan Customs Cooperation Fund, the WCO conducted a Workshop on Rules of Origin in Vientiane, Lao PDR, from 4 to 7 December 2018.
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12 December 2018
In Moscow, 26-30 November 2018, RILO CIS has welcomed a five-day Training for NCP officers of Armenia.
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12 December 2018
The World Customs Organization (WCO), with the financial support of WCO/CCF-Reserves, in collaboration with the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), organized a workshop held from November 19 to 23, 2018, in the City of Lisbon (Portugal), to finalize the development of the Strategic Plan for the Conference of CPLP
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11 December 2018
At the kind invitation of the Indian Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), the Policy Commission held its 80th Session in Mumbai from 3 to 5 December 2018 under the chairmanship of Mr. Enrique Canon, Director General of Uruguay Customs.
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11 December 2018
Under the auspices of the INAMA Project, an Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) Regional Customs – Police Enforcement Workshop for Francophone African countries was conducted.
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10 December 2018
24 Customs officials from five WCO Member countries, namely, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu, and five non-WCO Members of the OCO, namely Cook Islands, Guam, Kiribati, Niue and Solomon Islands, participated in the Workshop. The programme consisted of refresher sessions on the methodology of the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement and in-depth presentations, discussions and exercises on a number of key technical valuation topics such as royalty and licence fees, transfer pricing and software-related issues.
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07 December 2018
Following a scoping mission aiming at identifying implementation needs related to the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, the WCO conducted a five- day training on Post Clearance Audit (PCA) from 12 to 16 November 2018 in Islamabad, to support the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) of Pakistan.
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07 December 2018
Botswana became the eighth WTO member to ratify the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) on 18 June 2015.
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06 December 2018
Between 26 and 30 November 2018, the WCO conducted a Workshop on Customs Valuation and Transfer Pricing for the Royal Thai Customs Department in Bangkok, Thailand.
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05 December 2018
The Republic of Suriname deposited with the Belgian Government its instrument of accession to the Convention Establishing a Customs Co-operation Council on 26 November 2018.
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05 December 2018
The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, and the Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dr. Vitor Gaspar, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two Organizations on 1 December 2018.
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04 December 2018
Back in 2014, the World Customs Organization (WCO), the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat and five Customs administrations from the EAC region (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) embarked on a five-year partnership to support the effective design and roll-out of the EAC Regional AEO Programme.
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04 December 2018
Today, 4 December 2018, sees the publication by the WCO of a “Handbook on Data Analysis” aimed at presenting an overview of data analytics and, more specifically, what it is, how it works, and how useful it may be to Customs and other governmental agencies.
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04 December 2018
Back in 2014, the World Customs Organization (WCO), the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Secretariat and the five Customs administrations of the SACU region (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland) embarked on a partnership to support effective implementation of the five-year SACU Customs Modernization Programme.
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04 December 2018
The World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretariat has released a new e-learning course on the WCO SAFE Framework of Standards.
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04 December 2018
At the request of the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA), the WCO conducted a diagnostic support mission on the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) from 19- 23 November 2018, in Maseru, Lesotho.
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04 December 2018
The WCO National Workshop for Myanmar Customs on border enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) was held from 26 to 30 November 2018 in Yangon, Myanmar, under the sponsorship of Japanese Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF/Japan).
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03 December 2018
The World Customs Organization (WCO), with the financial support of CCF Japan, organized a National Train the Trainer Workshop on Rules of Origin for Indonesia Customs.
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