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23 December 2024
Under the auspices of the Union of Maghreb Arab and the Customs Adminitration of the Kingdom of Morocco, the EU-WCO Programmes for Harmonized System (HS) and Rules of Origin (RoO) in Africa held the annual Steering Committee Meetings on 9-11 December 2024 in Marrakesh, Morocco.
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23 December 2024
Ukraine’s State Customs Service (SCS) recently participated in the first iteration of the Customs Integrity Perception Survey (CIPS) as a key part of its work with the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme for Customs and is taking the first steps to utilize the findings.
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19 December 2024
From 2 to 6 December 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO) held a national workshop on Rules of Origin for the Timor-Leste Customs Authority in Dili, Timor-Leste.
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18 December 2024
Building on several support activities towards the implementation of the 2022 version of the Harmonized System for Djibouti Customs, the World Customs Organization (WCO) under the auspices of the EU-WCO Programme for Harmonized System in Africa (HS-Africa Programme), funded by the European Union, held a follow up workshop from 25 to 28 November 2024 in Djibouti, Djibouti.
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18 December 2024
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) made a significant milestone in enhancing trade efficiency in its ongoing digitalization journey by the launch of the electronic tariff platform, which creates a simplified technology-driven Customs environment that is transparent and predictable.
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18 December 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is proud to unveil its new Smart Customs Community Portal, a platform created under the Smart Customs Project and funded by the Customs Cooperation Fund of China (CCF-China).
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17 December 2024
Detecting evidence of corrupt behaviour can be challenging. One indirect tool that can alert us and motivate deeper investigations is lifestyle audits. These audits help identify irregular patterns that guide our inquiries.
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17 December 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO), with financial support from the Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) of China, successfully held a National Workshop on the WCO Data Model (WCO DM) and Single Window Data harmonization in Bangkok, Thailand, from 9 to 13 December 2024.
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16 December 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO), under the framework of the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme funded by the European Union, and in partnership with the Arab Maghreb Union (UMA) held regional consultations for UMA and its members.
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16 December 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) held a regional workshop from 11 to 13 December 2024 in the WCO Regional Training Centre in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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11 December 2024
The 23rd Meeting of the Administrative Committee for the Convention on Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention) and the 20th Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Customs Convention on the ATA Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods (ATA Convention) were held jointly on 9 December 2024 virtually, attended by approximately 200 delegates representing more than 70 Contracting Parties and observers.
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10 December 2024
On 10 December 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO) joins the international community in celebrating Human Rights Day under the theme for 2024 of “Our rights, our future, right now”, which is fully in line with the WCO’s core values, namely “inclusiveness, diversity and equitable treatment and opportunities for all”.
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09 December 2024
The Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) took the opportunity of the International Anti-Corruption Day celebrations to organize a round table with key WCO officials, followed by a gathering with WCO staff and Customs Attachés at its Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The aim of the event was to remind everyone of the critical importance of integrity in Customs operations, and of the need for a collective commitment to combating corruption.
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09 December 2024
On 9 December 2024, the Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) invites Customs administrations to mark International Anti-Corruption Day and join the international community in this celebration.
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09 December 2024
The World Customs Organisation (WCO) invites its French-speaking Members to apply for the 21st Virtual Customs Orientation Academy (VCOA).
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09 December 2024
The West Africa Security Project (WASP), a collaborative effort between the World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretariat and six West African Customs administrations, is set to conclude on 31 December 2024.
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06 December 2024
The second phase of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) was successfully launched in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on 27 November, followed by the first National Steering Committee Meeting.
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06 December 2024
Building supply chain resilience and enhancing collaboration was the focus of the ABF/WCO Supply Chain Integrity (SCI) Project’s Regional Seminar hosted in Manama, Bahrain during November 2024.
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06 December 2024
From 4 November to 2 December 2024, officials from the Liberia Revenue Authority embarked on a “Building a Culture of Integrity Learning Event”.
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05 December 2024
À l'invitation du directeur général du Service des recettes d’Afrique du Sud (SARS) et Président du Conseil de l'OMD, Edward Kieswetter, les directeurs généraux de 29 des 30 administrations douanières qui forment la Commission de politique générale de l'OMD se sont réunis au Cap du 3 au 5 décembre 2024 pour discuter des questions clés et définir la voie à suivre par l'Organisation au cours des prochains mois.
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05 December 2024
In response to increased risks encountered in the globalized business environment, from November 25 to 29, a workshop on risk management was carried out virtually with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) organized under the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme, with a specific focus on the risks posed by corruption in Customs administration and operations.
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05 December 2024
Under the frameworks of the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, funded by the European Union (EU) and the WCO-JICA Joint Project, the World Customs Organization (WCO) held a four-day regional workshop on rules of origin for West and Central Africa (WCA) Customs Administrations.
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04 December 2024
On 3 December 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO) held an online refresher workshop for accredited, recognized and pre-accredited experts in intellectual property rights (IPR), thanks to the financial support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of Japan (CCF/Japan).
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03 December 2024
In a continuous effort to facilitate intra-African trade, the WCO-EU Rules of Origin Africa Programme, in partnership with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, has launched a new Rules of Origin (RoO) module to complement the AfCFTA's flagship market access tool: the AfCFTA e-Tariff Book.
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03 December 2024
With the support of the WCO Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme for Customs, a workshop dedicated to a sustainable integrity approach and Customs-Private Sector dialogue was organized remotely on November 25 and 26, 2024 in Côte d'Ivoire at the initiative of the Côte d'Ivoire Customs Administration and representatives of the Ivorian private sector.
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02 December 2024
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project and in collaboration with the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service (FRCS), the WCO conducted the first two Working Group (WG) activities of the Master Trainer Programme (MTP) on Risk Management (RM) and Post Clearance Audit (PCA) for the Pacific Islands countries, namely Fiji, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. The two Sub-regional activities took place at the WCO Asia Pacific Regional Training Center in Suva, Fiji, from 11 to 15 November 2024.
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02 December 2024
Building on the positive outcomes of Moldova’s participation in the trade facilitation light touch intervention during the first phase of the GTFP, the Customs Administration of Moldova expressed its desire to resume its involvement in the second phase of the Programme as a fully-fledged country. The second phase of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) was successfully launched in Chișinău, Moldova, on 19 November, followed by the first National Steering Committee Meeting.
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