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28 February 2020
The WCO has published the 91th edition of WCO News, the Organization’s flagship magazine aimed at the Customs community, which provides a selection of informative articles that touch the international Customs and trade landscape.
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27 February 2020
On 26 February 2020, the Minister of Trade and Industry of Ghana, Hon. Alan Kyerematen, accompanied by a delegation, was welcomed by the WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya at the WCO Headquarters.
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27 February 2020
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, the fourth Working Group activity (WG4) of the Master Trainers Programme (MTP) on Post Clearance Audit (PCA) was held in Kampala, Uganda on 10-14 February 2020.
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27 February 2020
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, the WCO visited Kampala, Uganda on 11-13 February 2020 to work with the Programme Global Shield (PGS) national trainers of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to train Customs officials working at the various border stations.
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27 February 2020
A WCO National Training Workshop on Classification and Identification of Textile products, was held in Harare, Zimbabwe from 18 to 21 February 2020.
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25 February 2020
The WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, welcomed the Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, Dr. Rolph Payet, as the keynote speaker at the opening session of the 40th Enforcement Committee meeting held on 24 February 2020 at WCO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
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25 February 2020
A diagnostic mission and an implementation mission were conducted in Malawi in May 2019 and February 2020 respectively under the auspices of the World Customs Organization (WCO)INAMA Project.
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25 February 2020
In 2019 the State Revenue Committee of the Republic of Armenia (SRC RA) received support from the WCO in implementing the Articles of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) by conducting a Mercator TFA diagnostic assessment support mission.
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25 February 2020
Within the framework of the Global Trade Facilitation Programme, funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the WCO conducted a comprehensive diagnostic support mission in Uzbekistan from 3 to 12 February 2020.
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25 February 2020
Following the development of a Mercator Implementation Plan for Colombia, the WCO delivered a 5-day national workshop in Strategic Planning that took place in Bogota from 17-21 February 2020, within the framework of the Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
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25 February 2020
A WCO Sub-regional Workshop on Transit for the Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was held in Melaka, Malaysia, from 17 to 21 February 2020.
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24 February 2020
From 17 to 21 February 2020 the World Customs Organization and Cuban General Customs of the Republic organized a National IPR Workshop.
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21 February 2020
At the invitation of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD), WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya met Mr. Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs on 20 February 2020 in Brussels, Belgium.
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20 February 2020
5th WCO Global AEO Conference postponed to February 2021
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19 February 2020
The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, met the Japanese Ambassador to Belgium, H.E. Mr. Makita Shimokawa, at the Headquarters of the WCO in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday, 19 February 2020, during which they exchanged Note Verbales on the Government of Japan’s financial contribution to the WCO’s Project on Plastic Waste Border Management (Waste Management Project) in the Asia/Pacific region and the Project on Developing an Operational Handbook on Security Strategies, Equipment and Personnel Training for Customs in Fragile Borderlands (Security Handbook Project).
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19 February 2020
Under the framework of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Customs Modernization Programme, funded by the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office, WCO experts were invited to lead an AEO Validation Workshop for the South African Revenue Service (SARS). The Workshop was held from 10 to 14 February 2020 in Pretoria, South Africa.
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18 February 2020
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, the third Working Group activity (WG3) of the Master Trainers Program (MTP) on Risk Management (RM) and Intelligence Analysis (IA) was held in Cotonou, Benin from 3 to 7 February 2020.
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18 February 2020
The 7th Steering Committee (SC) Meeting of the WCO-Finland ESA Project II took place from 4 - 6 February 2020 in Port Louis and hosted by the Mauritius Revenue Authority.
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17 February 2020
At the invitation of Saint Lucia’s Acting Comptroller of Customs, Ms. Anita Montoute, , WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya visited Castries, the capital city of Saint Lucia from 13 to 14 February 2020 to discuss the challenges and opportunities of Small Island Economies in the Caribbean region.
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17 February 2020
A face-to-face meeting of the WCO Working Group on E-Commerce (WGEC) was held at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels from 12 to 14 February 2020.
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14 February 2020
At the invitation of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), WCO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, participated in UPU high-level forum on wider postal sector engagement in Bern, Switzerland on 13 February 2020. The forum focused on the possibility of opening up its membership to the private sector postal stakeholders, topic which is currently debated within the UPU.
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13 February 2020
Following the development of a Mercator Implementation Plan for Rwanda, the WCO delivered a Time Release Study (TRS) mission in Kigali during the period 28 November to 06 December 2019.
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13 February 2020
At the invitation of Ms. Soraya Pols-Strick, Curaçao Acting Head of Customs, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Curaçao on 10 and 11 February 2020 to review the challenges of Small Island Economies in the Caribbean region.
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12 February 2020
The WCO launched its first ever state of the art pilot of the Executive and Professional Competency-Based HRM Programme (EPCB-HRMP).
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11 February 2020
The World Customs Organization (WCO) held a national training workshop in Customs Valuation for the benefit of Customs officials of the Seychelles Revenue Commission (SRC) from 3 – 7 February 2020. Twenty two Customs officials working in different areas of the Customs Department attended the basic course, co-facilitated by an expert from the Secretariat and a WCO Accredited Expert. The mission was made possible through the WCO-Finland ESA project II, with the financial support of the Government of Finland.
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10 February 2020
As of January 2020, the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme for Customs is now collaborating with five additional partner administrations.
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10 February 2020
An attempt to use air cargo as a delivery mechanism for explosive devices from Yemen in 2010 raised serious concerns about the vulnerability of international trade supply chains.
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10 February 2020
The Data Model Projects Team (DMPT) met from 27 to 31 January 2020 at WCO Headquarters in Brussels. The meeting was attended by WCO Members, the private sector and other international organizations.
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07 February 2020
At the invitation of the Commissioner General of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), Dr. Edwin Mhede, WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya visited Dar es Salaam and Dodoma, Tanzania on 5 and 6 February 2020 to discuss Customs modernization with the TRA and political leaders.
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06 February 2020
Following the acceptance of the new 2022 Edition of the Harmonized System (HS), representatives of the Secretariat of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and Member Customs administrations held a consultation to take stock of the implementation process of the HS amendments in the SACU Common External Tariff (CET) and set the basis for a timely and coordinated migration to the 2022 version.
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05 February 2020
At the invitation of the Commissioner General of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Mr. Githii Mburu, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Nairobi, Kenya on 3 and 4 February 2020 to discuss the newly implemented Customs reforms.
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05 February 2020
In the context of the ever-widening global recognition of the importance of advance rulings for trade facilitation, the Nigeria Customs Service has embarked on the implementation of a national advance ruling programme.
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05 February 2020
The World Customs Organization organized, with the support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of Japan, a national workshop on Customs valuation and transfer pricing for the benefit of the Customs Administration of North Macedonia.
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04 February 2020
In response to a request from Benin’s Director General of Customs and Indirect Taxation, the World Customs Organization (WCO) organized a National Workshop on the Time Release Study from 13 to 17 January 2020, with the aim of raising awareness and training the staff of Customs and other stakeholders for the performance of the first national Study.
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04 February 2020
Under the EU-WCO Programme for the Harmonized System in Africa financed by the Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) Eurocustoms, the WCO organized a national workshop for the General Directorate of Algerian Customs on the implementation of an Advance Ruling System for Classification, Origin and Valuation.
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04 February 2020
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, the WCO visited Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 27-29 January 2020 to work with the Programme Global Shield (PGS) national trainers of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) to train Customs officials working at the various border stations.
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03 February 2020
On 30 January 2020, Guatemala Tax and Customs Authority (SAT) presented to an audience comprised of representatives from the public and private sector the results of its first Time Release Study (TRS).
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