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30 June 2021
On 28 and 29 June 2021 the World Customs Organization (WCO) held its Second Global Conference on Cross-Border E-Commerce that was organized with the financial support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of Japan and gathered more than 800 experts from Member Customs administrations, partner international organizations, regional organizations, industry associations, the private sector, development partners and academia.
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30 June 2021
The Deputy Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Mr. Ricardo Treviño, joined the Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ms. Anabel González and the Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Mariângela Simão in the opening of the WTO Technical Symposium on COVID-19 vaccine supply chain and regulatory transparency that was held online on 29 June 2021.
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30 June 2021
At the invitation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the WCO participated in the Twelfth Session of the Implementation Review Group and Twelfth Session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the Prevention of Corruption of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), which took place respectively from 14 to 16 June 2021 and 16 to 18 June 2021 in a hybrid format.
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29 June 2021
On 28 June 2021, WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya met with the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) António Guterres on 28 June 2021 at the UN headquarters in New York City. The UN Secretary-General acknowledged the important role played by Customs and both leaders agreed to strengthen the collaboration between both organizations to support the global recovery.
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29 June 2021
Customs tariffs have long been hailed as multipurpose instruments used not only for fiscal purposes but also for furthering national development goals and promoting industrialization processes.
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26 June 2021
Heads of Delegation of some 130 World Customs Organization (WCO) Member Customs administrations took part in the virtual meeting of the 138th Session of the WCO Council, held from 24 to 26 June 2021. As the world is bracing for recovery with a glimmer of optimism emerging from the global effort regarding vaccinations, this session focused on Capacity Building, Rules of Origin, Valuation, Nomenclature and Classification, Compliance and Trade Facilitation as well as budgetary and financial matters.
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25 June 2021
The World Customs Organization (WCO) joins the international community to mark the United Nations’ International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on 26 June 2021under the theme ‘Share Facts On Drugs, Save Lives’. This celebration aims to draw attention on how important it is to combat misinformation, and promotes facts sharing on drugs to achieve the goal of a world free of drug abuse, from health risks and solutions to evidence-based prevention, treatment, and care.
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25 June 2021
The Europe Regional Workshop on Data Analytics for manager levels was held from 21-22 June 2021 in close cooperation with ROCB EUR and supported by CCF-Korea. More than forty participants from 19 Customs Administrations attended the workshop.
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25 June 2021
Stepping up its efforts to implement the 2022 version of the Harmonized System (HS) in time, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) held a meeting of the Technical Working Group on HS 2022.
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24 June 2021
As The Gambia is strongly considering its accession to the International Convention on the simplification and harmonization of Customs procedures (Revised Kyoto Convention), the World Customs Organization (WCO) delivered a high-level Workshop on the process and benefits of accession to this important Convention for the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) and all relevant ministries and agencies.
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24 June 2021
On 24 June 2021, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), and Dr. Ni Yuefeng, Minister of the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC), completed the signing process for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the establishment of a WCO Regional Customs Laboratory (RCL) in China, officially conferring this status on the GACC’s Nanjing Customs Laboratory.
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24 June 2021
The WCO has published the 95th edition of WCO News, the Organization’s 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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24 June 2021
From 7 to 11 June experts from the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) and WCO-Sida Programmes delivered a virtual Workshop to officials from key areas within Mozambique Autoridade Tributaria (AT) on conducting successful stakeholder consultations.
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24 June 2021
On Tuesday, 22nd June, the WCO Deputy Secretary General Ricardo Treviño Chapa welcomed the new Director General of the National Customs Service of Ecuador (SENAE), Ms. Andrea Paola Colombo Cordero, in a virtual meeting to discuss the WCO’s support to the administration.
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24 June 2021
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is delighted to introduce this 19th Edition of the Integrity Newsletter.
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23 June 2021
In partnership with the Container Control Programme (CCP) operated jointly by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the WCO COPES Programme organized a training course which was delivered online from 21 to 25 June 2021 in Kazakhstan.
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22 June 2021
The WCO is pleased to announce that the Intermediate Data Analytics (DA) course is available in English and French on the CLiKC!, WCO e-learning platform, as of 16 June 2021 supported by Customs Corporate Fund (CCF) Korea.
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17 June 2021
The World Customs Organization (WCO) organized an online Regional Workshop on Free Zones for the North of Africa, North and Middle East(MENA)region from14–-16June2021with the financial support of the General Authority of Customs of Qatar.
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17 June 2021
On 9 June 2021 the WCO held a virtual Dialogue on Coordinated Border Management with the Customs Administration of Peru (SUNAT), the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, and the SeCompetitivo Programme.
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17 June 2021
On 10 June 2021, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) and the EU-WCO Programme for Harmonized System (HS) in Africa (HS-Africa Programme) held a consultation meeting on implementation of the new version of the HS in Zimbabwe.
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17 June 2021
In an effort to strengthen the national system of advance rulings, the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) has stepped up its efforts to review the arrangements in place to ensure their full alignment with the relevant international standards.
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17 June 2021
The WCO has held succession of online face-to-face meetings with the Senior Management and operations staff of the Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS) on 2nd, 14th and 15th June 2021, to assess the status of the country’s Trade Facilitation Implementation in the context the WCO Mercator Programme
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16 June 2021
On 8 June 2021, Korea Customs Service (KCS) convened the virtual launching ceremony of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Regional Dog Training Centre (RDTC) in the Republic of Korea. This ceremony was followed by the WCO Virtual Workshop on Canines for the Asia/Pacific (A/P) region, held from 8 to 10 June 2021.
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16 June 2021
The 25th Meeting of the Revised Kyoto Convention Management Committee (RKC/MC) was held from 7 to 10 June 2021.
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16 June 2021
In partnership with the Container Control Programme (CCP) operated jointly by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the WCO COPES Programme organized a training course which was delivered online from 13 to 16 June 2021 in Iraq.
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14 June 2021
At the request of the National Directorate of Tax and Customs of Colombia (DIAN) and with the support from SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme, the WCO Leadership and Management Development (LMD) Programme delivered successfully a virtual LMD workshop for senior customs officers.
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11 June 2021
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, six (6) West African Customs administrations, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo, participated in the “Master Trainers Programme (MTP)” and made collective efforts in building a pool of experts on Risk Management and intelligence Analysis (RM&IA)
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11 June 2021
At the invitation of Mr. Rey Leonardo Borja Guerrero, Commissioner of the Philippines Bureau of Customs and Chair of this year’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Directors-General of Customs Meeting, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), participated in the 10th ASEAN - WCO Consultation held online on 10 June 2021.
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10 June 2021
At the invitation of Mr. Safar Mehdiyev, Chairman of Azerbaijan’s State Customs Committee, acting in his capacity as Vice-Chair for the WCO Europe region, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, WCO Secretary General, attended the Europe Region Heads of Customs Meeting held online on 8 June 2021.
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09 June 2021
On 9 June 2021, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, participated in a joint Press Conference with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Belgium, Mr. Vincent Van Peteghem, the Mayor of Antwerp, Mr. Bart de Wever, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, to share the results of cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking.
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09 June 2021
From 1 July 2021, the Valued-Added Tax (VAT) rules on cross-border business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce activities in the European Union (EU) will change.
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09 June 2021
From 24 May to 4 June 2021, the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) conducted a Remote Workshop on Strategic Planning for the Customs Administration of Peru (SUNAT).
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07 June 2021
Within the framework of the WCO-UNODC Container Control Programme (CCP) and due to funding by the US State Department, the WCO conducted its specialized PITCH (Preventing Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage) training for the Air Cargo Control Unit (ACCU) Tocumen International Airport and for the Port Control Units (PCU) in Panama.
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07 June 2021
A Virtual Workshop on Organizational Performance Measurement for the North of Africa, Near and Middle East (MENA) Region was successfully held from 31 May to 3 June 2021.
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07 June 2021
On 7 June, a new cooperation agreement has been signed between the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Kunio Mikuriya and the Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), Ville Itälä to strengthen the collaboration between the two bodies tackle the fraudsters.
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07 June 2021
A virtual workshop on Customs Valuation and Transfer Pricing was jointly held by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) from 31 May to 3 June 2021.
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07 June 2021
On 4 June 2021, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, spoke at the Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) – APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Dialogue and highlighted the efforts of the WCO and its Members in facilitating trade and supporting the recovery from the crisis brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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07 June 2021
From 1 to 2 June 2021 the World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully delivered an HRM (Human Resource Management) Conference under the theme Building Customs Resilience through Human Capital for the WCO Americas region.
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07 June 2021
At the closing session of the first part of the Joint 81st – 84th Fellowship Programme the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, looked back on the ten years of existence of the WCO Spanish-language Fellowship programme and its major achievements and successes.
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04 June 2021
On 5 June, the World Customs Organization (WCO) lends its voice to the international community’s celebration of World Environment Day and joins its call for action to protect and preserve our planet.
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04 June 2021
At the invitation of the Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council (CCLEC) Secretariat, the WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, spoke at the opening of the 43rd Annual Conference of CCLEC held on 2 and 3 June 2021.
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03 June 2021
On 25-28 May 2021, the WCO COVID-19 Project, funded by the Government of Japan, hosted and facilitated the "Online workshop to assist Madagascar Customs in drafting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the clearance and regularization of relief goods in case of natural disasters and other disruptive events”.
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02 June 2021
Five (5) Customs administrations in East Africa, namely Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, organized its Regional Joint Coordinating Committee (RJCC) meeting of the “Project on Capacity Development for Trade Facilitation and Border Control in East Africa (TF & BC Project)” virtually on 26 May 2021.
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01 June 2021
The way Customs operates has been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it is imperative that Customs administrations review Risk Management (RM) strategies and techniques in their day-to-day activities in order to adopt an effective approach to the planning and implementation of Customs controls, especially to cater for the expedited delivery of essential goods.
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