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31 July 2020
The WCO delivered its first ever virtual Mercator Stocktaking and forward planning mission for the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) on the 13 to 22 of July 2020.
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31 July 2020
VOn 21 July 2020, a virtual meeting was organized by Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, Deputy Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), with Mr. Werner Ovalle, Director General of Guatemala Customs and new Vice-Chair for the WCO Americas/Caribbean region.
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30 July 2020
On 24 July 2020, experts from the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Secretariat, the SACU Member States and the WCO Secretariat held a virtual meeting to discuss a wide range of issues related to the Harmonized System (HS) as the Union has started the migration of its Common External Tariff (CET) to the next version of the HS.
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30 July 2020
The World Customs Organization (WCO) issues its 2019 Illicit Trade Report (ITR), an annual publication which offers a comprehensive study of illicit trade flows through an in-depth analysis of seizure data and case studies voluntarily submitted by Member Customs administrations worldwide.
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30 July 2020
From 22 to 23 July 2020, experts from the WCO Secretariat and the WCO Regional Office for Capacity Building for West and Central Africa (ROCB-WCA) ran a major virtual workshop on Customs challenges in Guinea and Sub-Saharan Africa.
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23 July 2020
Over the past years the Eswatini Revenue Authority (SRA) has been working towards the implementation of a national Advance ruling (AR) system.
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22 July 2020
The Harmonized System (HS) has long been recognised as one of the most important trade facilitation instruments developed by the WCO.
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20 July 2020
On 20 July 2020, at the invitation of the WCO Vice-Chair for East and Southern Africa (ESA) region, and the Commissioner General of Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya joined other Directors General of Customs and officials of the region to observe the virtual launch of a new website for the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office Eastern and Southern Africa (RILO ESA).
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20 July 2020
WCO Members of the Virtual Working Group (VWG) on Gender Equality & Diversity gathered through an online meeting on the 16th of July to discuss the links between gender equality, diversity and integrity.
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20 July 2020
A major capacity building project of the World Customs Organization (WCO) drew to a close on 30 June 2020.
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20 July 2020
On 15 July, the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DGCE), Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia held a virtual ceremony, attended by more than 450 participants, marking the start of Indonesia’s Vice-Chairmanship of the WCO Council for the Asia Pacific Region.
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17 July 2020
Within the framework of the WCO Capacity Building Programs for the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), the WCO delivered a national workshop on Time Release Study (TRS) to support the national efforts of the Customs Administration of Liberia in moving forward with its TRS project.
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15 July 2020
During the 19th session of the WCO Integrity Sub-Committee, held on 20-21 February 2020, Members endorsed the review and update of the WCO Integrity Development Guide (IDG), its key capacity building tool on Integrity.
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13 July 2020
The DMPT held its 57th Meeting in virtual mode. The overall virtual session consisted of two phases.
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13 July 2020
Last year the United Nations organized the first UN Counter-Terrorism Week which took place at the UN’s Headquarters in New York.
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10 July 2020
Kazakhstan Customs wins the 2020 WCO Photo Competition
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07 July 2020
As Turkmenistan is considering Accession to the Harmonized System Convention, the World Customs Organization (WCO) delivered a Workshop on the process and benefits of the accession to the Harmonized System for the State Customs Service of Turkmenistan, with the support of the Embassy of Turkmenistan in Brussels, Belgium.
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07 July 2020
Having benefited from the first phase of the WCO Executive and Professional Competency-Based Human Resource Management Programme (EPCB-HRMP) in January 2020, the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) has since initiated the implementation of an ambitious HRM modernization work plan with the support of the WCO.
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07 July 2020
At the invitation of the Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT), the trade body of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), based in Casablanca, Morocco, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya spoke as a panellist during a webinar on “The Impact of Digitization of Trade Procedures in Facilitating Intra-OIC Trade and Mitigating Post Covid-19 Effects” held on 6 July 2020.
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07 July 2020
From 29 June to 2 July, at the request of the State Revenue Committee of Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan Customs) and with support from United States Aid (USAID) Central Asia, the World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully delivered the first virtual “mission” in the area of SAFE/AEO (Authorized Economic Operator).
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07 July 2020
On Friday 3 July 2020, the Chairperson of the Permanent Technical Committee (PTC) Mr. Matthew Duckworth (Australia), closed the first WCO meeting organized in a fully document-based manner.
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07 July 2020
The annual REVIEW OF DRUG SEIZURES AT AIRPORTS AND MAIL CENTERS 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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03 July 2020
The WCO-Japan Career Development Programme (CDP) for 2019/2020 ended with a ceremony at which the Professional Associates (PAs) were awarded with certificates by the WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, to mark their successful completion of the Programme.
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02 July 2020
On 30 June 2020 the Secretariat of the Federal Revenue of Brazil Receita Federal do Brasil, launched its first ever nation-wide Time Release Study (TRS) during an online live broadcasted event attended by over 4000 participants – including border agencies and the private sector, as well as Customs administrations from across the globe. The TRS, which follows the World Customs Organizations (WCO) TRS Methodology, constitutes a milestone for the Brazilian Customs Administration as it enhances transparency while providing an opportunity for an evidence based dialogue between all key stakeholders to tackle the identified bottlenecks and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of border procedures.
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01 July 2020
In recognition of the Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Day marked on 27 June, the WCO Secretariat issued a Secretariat Note on Support to SMEs to raise awareness of the leadership that Customs can show in strengthening the SME sector during these unprecedented times of COVID-19.
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