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30 July 2019
The World Customs Organization and the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Belarus organized a National Workshop on the Revised Kyoto Convention and the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (WTO TFA) for improving the national Customs processing of expedited shipments from 15 to 19 July 2019 in Minsk, Belarus.
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30 July 2019
WCO Deputy Secretary General Ricardo Treviño Chapa met with the Foreign Secretary of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón, on 10 July 2019 to discuss WCO’s support to regional development. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico City.
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30 July 2019
A national Training-of-Trainers (TOT) Workshop was conducted from 9 to 18 July 2019 in RTC Amman, Jordan for the benefit of 20 trainers from Jordan Customs.
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29 July 2019
Five Revenue Authorities of East Africa, namely Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, gathered in Zanzibar, Tanzania on 17 July 2019 for the third 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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29 July 2019
Customs and other law enforcement authorities from 29 countries, coordinated by the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) and supported by Europol, INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization (WCO), have joined forces against the trafficking of cultural goods.
During Operation Pandora III, law enforcement authorities assigned thousands of Police and Customs officers to focus on online market and key hot spots, with the aim of disrupting the activities of criminal groups involved in this form of trafficking.
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26 July 2019
At the invitation of Indonesia Customs, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Jakarta, Indonesia on 25 and 26 July 2019.
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26 July 2019
At the invitation of Timor-Leste’s Customs Authority, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Timor-Leste Customs in Dili, on 22 and 23 July 2019 in support of Customs reform.
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26 July 2019
On 17 July 2019 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
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25 July 2019
With the cooperation and support of the United States’ Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), the WCO held a Workshop on Customs valuation from 14 to 16 July 2019 in Cairo, Egypt.
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24 July 2019
Within the framework of the Agreement signed between the WCO and the Department of Customs and Excise of the Bahamas (BCED) in March 2018 to provide support and technical assistance for capacity building, a comprehensive training planning was set with expected outcomes and standards to reach by October 2019.
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24 July 2019
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, the WCO visited Mombasa, Kenya on 8-11 July 2019 to work with the Programme Global Shield (PGS) trainers to train/sensitize Customs and other border agencies working at the various southern border stations where a large amount of cargoes go through every day into East Africa.
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24 July 2019
Within the framework of the EU-WCO Programme for Harmonized System in Africa, a national diagnostic workshop on tariff classification work and related infrastructure was conducted by the WCO in Abuja, Nigeria, from 17 to 19 July 2019.
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24 July 2019
At the request of the State Customs Service (SCS), the WCO conducted a diagnostic support mission on the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) from 8 to 18 July 2019, in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic.
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24 July 2019
Following the recent adoption of the 2022 version of the Harmonized System (HS) by the WCO Council, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has started the preparation for the implementation of the HS amendments in its common external tariff.
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23 July 2019
Between 23-27 June, 2019, at the Arab League building in Cairo, Egypt, the European Union (EU) and League of Arab States (LAS) co-hosted the Conference on Combating the Illicit Trade in and Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Member States of the League of Arab States.
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22 July 2019
At the invitation of the Ministry of Revenue and Customs of Tonga, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited the capital of Tonga, Nuku'alofa, on 18 and 19 July 2019 to meet with several of the archipelago’s political leaders and discuss issues related to Customs modernization and the way in which the Secretariat can continue to support the Customs administration to effectively tackle the challenges it faces thanks to the WCO “Small Island Economies” initiative.
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18 July 2019
Every year, more than 750 million container movements take place around the globe by sea, transporting 90 per cent of the world's cargo. Most containers carry legal goods, but some are being used to smuggle drugs, weapons, and other illicit goods.
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18 July 2019
The WCO published the Joint WCO-UPU Guidelines on the exchange of electronic advance data between Posts and Customs, following its adoption by the Council - the Organization's highest decision-making body - at the end of June 2019.
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18 July 2019
The WCO Secretariat organized two back to back workshops to support the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) in developing its risk management strategy and framework for intelligence-led risk management.
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17 July 2019
The WCO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, attended the LXXX Congress of the Confederation of Customs Brokers Associations of Mexico (CAAAREM) which took place in Yucatan, Mexico, on 11 and 12 July 2019.
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17 July 2019
A WCO National Scoping Mission on Customs Laboratory was conducted at the headquarters of the Customs Department of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) in Port Louis from 8 to 12 July 2019, with a view to assisting the MRA with setting up a Customs Laboratory.
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17 July 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) with the support of l’Office Togolais des Recettes (OTR), Togo Poste, Ministére de Postes de l’Economie Numérique et des Innovations Techniques (MPENIT), La Conférence des Postes des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CPEAO), Customs Cooperation Fund China (CCF/China) and the WCO Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB) for the West and Central Africa (WCA) Region, organized a Joint WCO-UPU Customs-Post Workshop for the WCA Region from 8 to 11 July 2019 in Lomé, Togo.
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16 July 2019
The WCO has conducted a two-week regional training on Security Project for West and Central Africa (SPWCA) from 10 to 21 June 2019, with cooperation of Benin Customs and Security Project Fund-Japan.
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15 July 2019
The WCO conducted a National Workshop on AEO authorisation/validation process and Mutual Recognition Arrangement/Agreement (MRA) of AEOs for Cuba from 3 to 7 June 2019 in Havana.
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12 July 2019
On 11 July 2019, Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati visited WCO Headquarters, accompanied by Indonesian Ambassador in Brussels, Mr. Yuri Thamrin, and Director General of Customs and Excise, Mr. Heru Pambudi.
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11 July 2019
Under the auspices of the WCO-UNCTAD HMRC Programme financed by UK Government, and as part of the Mercator Programme, the World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a diagnostic review of Zambia’s Customs Accreditation Client Programme (CACP) with a view to supporting the enhancement and effective implementation of a fully-fledged SAFE AEO Programme in Zambia.
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11 July 2019
The WCO conducted a National Workshop on AEO programme for Benin in Cotonou from 24 to 26 June 2019. The Workshop was aimed at enhancing Benin Customs’ technical capability to enhance and effectively implement an AEO programme.
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10 July 2019
The annual REVIEW OF DRUG SEIZURES AT AIRPORTS AND MAIL CENTERS, written by RILO Western Europe analysts, is one of the main products in a long-term collaboration between the RILO Western Europe and the Council of Europe – Pompidou Group.
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10 July 2019
A joint worldwide customs and police operation has resulted in the seizure of large quantities of protected flora and fauna across every continent.
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09 July 2019
Renewed grant agreement for China Customs Cooperation Fund
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09 July 2019
The WCO took an active part in the Seventh Global Review of Aid for Trade (A4T) which was held at the World Trade Organization (WTO) from 3 to 5 July in Geneva, Switzerland. The Review seeks to further develop analysis on how trade can contribute to economic diversification and empowerment, with an emphasis on eliminating extreme poverty, particularly through the effective participation of women and young people.
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09 July 2019
On the 3rd of July 2019, on occasion of the WTO Global Review of Aid for Trade, the WCO organized jointly, together with the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), the World Bank Group (WBG) and the European Commission, a parallel session on Gender Integration in Aid for Trade Facilitation entitled “Existing tools and lessons learned.”
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05 July 2019
The Global Travel Assessment System (GTAS) was officially launched in the Maldives on June 23, 2019 by Commissioner General Ahmed Numan.
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05 July 2019
In the margins of the 7th Global Review of Aid for Trade, an initiative led by the World Trade Organization (WTO), WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya met with WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo to discuss issues related to e-commerce and implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).
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05 July 2019
The Ethiopian Customs Commission (ECC) hosted a workshop on the implementation of the 2017 version of the Harmonized System (HS) and organization of tariff classification work and related infrastructure.
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04 July 2019
A Sub-regional WCO Workshop on Customs valuation and HS classification was held from 24 to 28 June 2019 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
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04 July 2019
On 29 June 2019, Gambia deposited its instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System) with the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization.
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04 July 2019
At the invitation of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the WCO participated in a forum on the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), under the framework of the EU-WCO Programme for the Harmonized System (HS) in Africa.
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04 July 2019
The WCO successfully conducted a PCA diagnostic mission in Maseru, Kingdom of Lesotho, from 18 to 21 June 2019, for the benefit of the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA).
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04 July 2019
Under the framework of the agreement signed between the WCO and the Bahamas Customs and Excise Department (BCED) in March 2018, to provide technical assistance and capacity building (TACB) in a comprehensive program, a WCO follow-up mission on developing a BCED training plan was held in Nassau from June 18th to 20th, 2019.
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02 July 2019
At the invitation of Mr. Kristian Vanderwaeren, Director General of Belgian Customs, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya participated in today’s diploma award ceremony for the 26 graduates from 10 French-speaking African countries who attended the Belgian Customs School.
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02 July 2019
WCO supports the UAE Federal Customs Authority in the unification of recruitment and training practices for Customs inspectors
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02 July 2019
The 9th edition of the WCO knowledge Academy for Customs and Trade was launched on Monday 1 July 2019 at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, with over 150 participants taking part in a one-week intensive training course targeted at Customs and trade professionals. The sessions will conclude with a field trip to the port of Antwerp, organized with the kind support and close collaboration of Belgium Customs.
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02 July 2019
The World Customs Organization in cooperation with the State Revenue Committee of Republic of Armenia organized a National Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy which took place in Yerevan, Armenia from 26th to 28th of June.
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02 July 2019
A WCO National Workshop on the modernization of the Customs Laboratory in Albania was held at the Customs Laboratory in Tirana from 24 to 28 June 2019.
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01 July 2019
The 20th Meeting of the Revised Kyoto Convention Management Committee (RKC/MC) was held from 17 to 18 June 2019 at WCO Headquarters in Brussels.
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