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31 January 2018
A WCO Asia/Pacific Regional Workshop for the Accreditation of WCO Mercator Programme Advisors (MPAs) was held at the WCO Regional Training Centre in Suva, Fiji, from 22nd to 26th January 2018 with funding support of the Korea Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF/Korea).
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30 January 2018
WCO is providing support to the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority (ERCA) through the HMRC-WCO-UNCTAD TFA Implementation Programme (Mercator Programme).
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30 January 2018
The Data Model Projects Team (DMPT) met from 22 to 26 January 2018 at WCO Headquarters in Brussels. The meeting was attended by 60 participants from WCO Members, the private sector and international organizations.
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30 January 2018
This year promises to be a blockbuster Capacity Building Week with many great topics and speakers!
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29 January 2018
At the invitation of the World Economic Forum, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya participated in the 48th Annual Meeting held in Davos from 23 to 26 January 2018 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, where he met global leaders, explained the role of Customs and contributed to various sessions.
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29 January 2018
The World Customs Organization (WCO) celebrated the International Customs Day on 26 January 2018 at its Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium and officially launched the theme of the year: “A secure business environment for economic development.”
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29 January 2018
The WCO E-Commerce Sub-Groups held face-to-face meetings at the WCO headquarters in Brussels from 23 to 25 January 2018.
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29 January 2018
Under the auspices of the WCO-WACAM Project financed by Sweden, Burkina Faso Customs (BFC) benefitted from a training in project management which took place from 15 to 19 January 2018 in Ouagadougou.
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26 January 2018
Each year, the WCO Secretariat chooses a theme that is relevant to the international Customs community. The slogan chosen for 2018 is “A secure business environment for economic development.” Under this banner, Members of the WCO are encouraged to look at how they can create an environment for businesses that will foster their participation in cross-border trade, and, ultimately, how they can best serve the people and empower entrepreneurs.
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25 January 2018
The 74th WCO Fellowship Programme, intended for French-speakers, was launched in Brussels on Monday 22 January 2018.
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22 January 2018
Under the patronage of the Korean Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF- Korea) and in close collaboration with Korea Customs Service, a World Customs Organization Accreditation Workshop for Expert Trainers (ET) on Rules of Origin was held in Busan, Korea, from 15 to 19 January 2018.
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18 January 2018
9th TFAWG to hold meeting on 15 and 16 February 2018
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16 January 2018
The WCO, with the support from the China Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF), conducted a Workshop on the SAFE Framework of Standards (SAFE Framework) and Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Programme from 8 to 11 January 2018 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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12 January 2018
The WCO Strategic Trade Control Enforcement (STCE) Programme hosted an Operation COSMO 2 Global Planning Seminar at WCO Headquarters in Brussels, from 9 to 11 January 2018.
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12 January 2018
A one-day Workshop on Data Analytics took place at WCO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on 9 January 2017. This event, the first of its kind, was organized to explore and discuss the potential use of data analytics in Customs.
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10 January 2018
At the invitation of the Bulgarian Presidency of the European Union (EU), WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya addressed delegates from the 28 EU Member States attending the meeting of the Customs Union Group on 10 January 2018 in Brussels.
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08 January 2018
As part of the COPES Programme, two training events, organized jointly with Brazilian Customs (Receita Federal do Brasil), were held in short succession from 20 to 24 November 2017 and from 27 November to 1 December 2017 in Curitiba.
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03 January 2018
The Harmonized System (HS) allows a world of many languages to speak with one. A multipurpose nomenclature for trade, the HS is one of the most successful instruments developed by the World Customs Organization. Its Convention has 156 Contracting Parties and the HS is used by more than 200 countries, territories and Customs or Economic Unions. It forms the basis for Customs tariffs and statistical nomenclatures around the world, and is used for around 98% of world trade. The year 2018 marks the 30th Anniversary of the HS which came into effect on 1st January, 1988.
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