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29 July 2022
Within the framework of the EU-WCO Programme for Harmonized System in Africa (HS-Africa Programme) and in partnership with the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation, the World Customs Organization offered comprehensive support to the Customs administration of Madagascar to implement a national system of advance rulings.
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28 July 2022
On 27 July, top officials of six global organizations have called for greater coordination among relevant national and international bodies in the fight against illicit trade in medical products, which puts the health and livelihood of people all over the world at risk. Speaking at a high-level roundtable held at the Aid for Trade Global Review, they shared perspectives on activities they are undertaking and how they could engage in closer cooperation.
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28 July 2022
At the invitation of the H.E Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), spoke at the opening session of the 9th AfCFTA Council of Ministers meeting, which took place on 25 and 26 July 2022 in Accra, Ghana.
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28 July 2022
On 26 July 2022 participants from 8 countries in the Americas came together under the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme, for a live virtual discussion with WCO experts on project management and gender equality and diversity.
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26 July 2022
The World Customs Organization (WCO) and the European Union (EU) held a continental inaugural conference on 19-20 July 2022 in Accra, Ghana, to launch the Programme on the implementation and application of rules of origin for enhanced Intra-African trade.
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25 July 2022
On 23 July 2022 the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) determined that the ongoing multi-country outbreak of monkeypox constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) . The declaration was done after the Second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox.
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20 July 2022
On July 19th, the WCO Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme delivered a workshop on “Social Media & Integrity”, a first of its kind, to Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA).
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19 July 2022
From 12-15 July 2022, a delegation of Peruvian border officers led by the Customs Administration of Peru (SUNAT), within the framework of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), carried out a Study Visit to Argentina aiming to enhance their capacities and gather best practices in Coordinated Border Management (CBM).
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19 July 2022
At the request of the Director-General of Lao Customs Department (LCD) the WCO conducted a diagnostic support mission in Vientiane, Laos, from 4 to 13 July 2022.
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19 July 2022
Within the framework of the EU-WCO Programme for Harmonized System in Africa (HS-Africa Programme), funded by the European Union, a workshop on advance rulings for classification, origin and Customs valuation was held in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo, from 4 to 8 July 2022.
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18 July 2022
On 18 May, within the framework of a Coordinated Border Management event, organized jointly by the Federal Revenue of Brazil and PROCOMEX in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, a multilateral Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) for the implementation of the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Programmes in the Americas was signed by eleven customs administrations, namely Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic and Uruguay.
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18 July 2022
On 12 and 14 July 2022, senior officials from Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) participated in a virtual training workshop on Promoting a Culture of Integrity.
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15 July 2022
In response to a request from the Customs Administrations of the South Asian region for capacity building to raise awareness of the WCO’s concept of post-clearance audit (PCA) as well as advice on how to overcome their challenges from the perspective of international standards and understand the scope of PCA and the infrastructure required, a virtual Sub-Regional Workshop on PCA was organized by the WCO in cooperation with the Asia/Pacific Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB A/P) from 4 to 7 July 2022, with the financial support of the Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) Japan.
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14 July 2022
The 15th session of the Virtual Customs Orientation Academy (VCOA) for English-speaking Customs officers came to a successful close on 24th June 2022.
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14 July 2022
On 4 July 2022, the Mongolian Customs General Administration (MCGA), the Swiss Cooperation Office in Mongolia, and the World Customs Organization (WCO), within the framework of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), held the official kick-off of the Light-Touch Intervention (LTI) in the country, aiming to support Mongolia in strengthening the application of risk management in Customs control.
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14 July 2022
From 11 to 13 July, at the invitation of Mr. Sam Shivute, Commissioner of the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), visited Windhoek, capital of Namibia and Walvis Bay, a port town on the coast of Namibia. During his visit, NamRA launched an Advance Ruling Programme.
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13 July 2022
A WCO National Workshop on Customs Laboratory was held in the headquarters of Royal Malaysian Customs Department (RMCD), in Putrajaya, from 4 to 7 July 2022.
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12 July 2022
From 4 to 8 July 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully organized a national Training-of-Trainers (ToT) Workshop, based on the WCO competency approach, at the Customs Institute of the State Customs Committee in Tashkent.
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12 July 2022
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) and Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) met on the 8th of July, for a peer to peer learning exchange to share experiences on the work of the respective administrations in promoting gender equality and diversity (GED).
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11 July 2022
The “Project on the urgent need for facilitation and coordinated Customs control of cross-border consignments linked to COVID-19” (known as the STOP II Project) drew to a successful close on 30 June 2022.
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11 July 2022
The WCO-Japan Career Development Programme (CDP) for 2021-2022 ended with a ceremony at which WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya awarded the 10 Professional Associates (PAs) certificates on their successful completion of the Programme.
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07 July 2022
The Customs administrations of Zimbabwe and Zambia met in Harare, Zimbabwe from June 28 to July 1 to work towards advancing the bilateral exchange of Customs data and interconnectivity between Zimbabwe and Zambia. The bilateral joint workshop was supported with WCO technical assistance under the Sida-WCO Trade Facilitation and Customs Modernisation (Sida-WCO TFCM Programme) with funding from the government of Sweden.
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06 July 2022
On 28 and 29 June 2022, the WCO East and Southern Africa (ESA) Region gathered for a seminar to discuss progress achieved in the implementation of the seventh edition of the Harmonized System (HS), which entered into force on 1 January 2022. The seminar was hosted by the Ethiopian Customs Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and was organized within the framework of the EU-WCO Programme for Harmonized System in Africa (HS-Africa Programme), funded by the European Union.
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06 July 2022
From 28-30 June 2022, the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) organized a study visit of the Customs Administration of Bolivia (AN) to Bogotá, Colombia, to foster and facilitate the exchange of experiences and lessons learned between Bolivia and Colombia, as well as, promote the bilateral and regional cooperation to facilitate safe international trade.
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06 July 2022
On June 28 2022, the Customs Administration of Colombia (DIAN), with the support of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), organized a Trade Facilitation Forum titled “How the World visualizes the Customs of the Future”.
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06 July 2022
From 1 to 3 June 2022, a World Customs Organization (WCO) sub-regional workshop on combatting counterfeiting and piracy was held in Panama City, Panama, with financial support from the Customs Cooperation Fund of Japan (CCF/Japan).
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05 July 2022
The World Customs Organization organized a Risk Management Workshop in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indirect Taxation Authority, in the HQ Banja Luka from 27 to 30 June 2022.
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04 July 2022
A pre-Accreditation Workshop for Arabic-speaking experts on Customs Valuation from the WCO Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region was held in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) from 26th to 30th June 2022, with the support of ZATKA, Saudi Tax and Customs Authority.
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04 July 2022
The Permanent Technical Committee (PTC) has held a series of discussions on Customs-Railway Cooperation since 2017, covering key issues such as transit declarations, Advance Electronic Data (AED), cargo inspection using modern technologies, and passenger controls. Considering the previous discussions, the WCO launched the WCO Railway Project in 2019, with the support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of Korea (CCF Korea), to develop WCO tools focusing on railway transportation based on field studies and surveys, as well as through the conduct of necessary capacity building activities.
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01 July 2022
Following the first WCO Green Customs Global Conference, held on 27 and 28 June 2022, the Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Mr. Jean-Marie Paugam, met the Deputy Secretary General of the WCO, Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, to present the WTO Communication on the work of the Informal Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (IDP) in support of efforts to address plastic pollution.
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