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29 February 2024
From 29 January to 02 February 2024, Nigeria hosted a national workshop on the Harmonized System and commodity classification in Abuja, Nigeria.
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29 February 2024
As part of the COLIBRI Project on General Aviation, implemented by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and funded by the European Union (EU), the first Regional Focal Point Meeting was held from 26 to 28 February 2024 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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28 February 2024
From 20 to 23 February 2024, the Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) hosted a National Advanced Workshop on the Harmonized System and Commodity Classification in Windhoek, Namibia.
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28 February 2024
Under the framework of the EU-WCO HS Africa Programme, funded by the European Union, the World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation (GATF), through GIZ (German Corporation for International Cooperation), held a national training of trainers’ workshop on HS for Tunisia Customs, in Tunis, Tunisia, from 19 to 23 February 2024.
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28 February 2024
The 23rd session of the WCO Integrity Sub-Committee (ISC) was held in hybrid format from 26 to 27 February 2024. The session was chaired by Mr. Marcelin Djeuwo from Cameroon Customs.
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28 February 2024
At the request of the Solomon Islands Customs and Excise Division (SICED), which is a part of the SI Ministry of Treasury and Finance, the WCO, with funding support from the Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) Japan, conducted a diagnostic stock-taking support mission in Honiara, Solomon Islands, from 5 to 15 February 2024.
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28 February 2024
On 22 February 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO) hosted the wrap-up ceremony of Phase I of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) and officially inaugurated Phase II (2024 - 2027).
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26 February 2024
As part of the ongoing commitment to enhancing integrity within Customs administrations, the World Customs Organization's WCO Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme recently conducted a five-day workshop on development of risk profiles for Jamaica Customs.
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26 February 2024
The 19th Session of the Global Meeting of the Regional Entities, established by WCO Members and Council Vice-Chairs’ Offices, took place on February 19-20, 2024, utilizing a hybrid format.
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26 February 2024
Under the framework of the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, funded by the European Union, the World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the Egyptian Customs Authority, held 2 national training workshops on rules of origin for Egypt Customs.
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26 February 2024
Under the framework of the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, funded by the European Union, the World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the Regional Training Center (RTC) Kenya and the Mozambique Revenue Authority, held a national training workshop on rules of origin for Mozambique Customs.
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22 February 2024
Aujourd'hui, la communauté douanière internationale se réjouit de la communication officielle du ministère des Affaires étrangères belge qui fait part du dépôt par la République des Palaos de son instrument d'adhésion à la Convention portant création d'un Conseil de coopération douanière le 2 février 2024. Cette étape cruciale fait entrer les Palaos dans l'Organisation mondiale des douanes (OMD) en tant que 186e membre, marquant une nouvelle ère de coopération internationale pour cette nation insulaire du Pacifique.
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20 February 2024
From 11 to 15 February 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO), with the financial support from the Customs Cooperation Fund - Japan, provided technical assistance to the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and Bangladesh Customs and VAT in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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16 February 2024
On 15 February 2024, His Excellency César Castañeda, Ambassador of the Embassy of Nicaragua to the Kingdom of Belgium and Mission to the European Union, deposited Nicaragua’s Instrument of Accession to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures (as amended), commonly known as the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC), to Ian Saunders, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), who serves as the depositary for the RKC.
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16 February 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretary General, Ian Saunders, welcomed the official opening of the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (RILO) Asia/Pacific on 6 February 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.
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16 February 2024
The 68th Meeting of the Data Model Projects Team (DMPT) was successfully held in a hybrid format on 25 and 26 January 2024 at WCO Headquarters.
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15 February 2024
Nigeria launched a Time Release Study (TRS) at the Tin Can Island Port in Lagos on 8 February 2024 as the first TRS of several TRS across multiple border posts and involving key stakeholders beyond Customs.
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15 February 2024
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project and with the kind host of Fiji Revenue and Customs Service (FRCS) and cooperation with the Oceana Customs Organization (OCO), the final Working Group (WG5) activity of the Master Trainer Programme (MTP) on Customs Valuation (CV) and HS Classification (HS) for the Pacific Islands was held in Nadi, Fiji, from 29 January to 9 February 2024.
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14 February 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a Single Window Workshop in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 29 November to 1 December 2023, hosted by the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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14 February 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a Single Window Workshop in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from 4 to 8 December 2023.
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13 February 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) provided technical assistance for Fiji's Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programme from 29 January to 2 February 2024.
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13 February 2024
The 42nd Technical Committee on Rules of Origin (TCRO) was successfully held from 7 to 9 February 2024, in an in-person format in Brussels, under the chairmanship of Ms. Sun Hwa Cho from the Korea Customs Service.
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13 February 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) delivered a mission to the benefit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to enhance Post-Clearance Audit (PCA).
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09 February 2024
From 29 January to 1 February 2024, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) hosted a national workshop on Customs laboratories with the aim of conducting a scoping exercise for setting up a national Customs laboratory.
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09 February 2024
In a collaborative effort to bolster global environmental protection, the Basel Convention Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic [in waste] (ENFORCE) and the partners from the Green Customs Initiative recently assembled at the World Customs Organization (WCO) headquarters. The meetings, held on 5 and 6 February and 7 and 8 February, respectively, align with the WCO’s theme of the year: “Customs Engaging Traditional and New Partners with Purpose."
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09 February 2024
From 30 January to 1st February 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO) organized the 31st Global Meeting of the Regional Intelligence Liaison Offices (RILO) at its Headquarters in Brussels.
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09 February 2024
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 national workshop on the modernization of the Customs Laboratory of Ghana Customs in Accra, Ghana from 23 to 26 January 2024.
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08 February 2024
The inaugural meeting of the WCO Performance Measurement Mechanism Project Team (PMMPT) marked a significant milestone in ensuring the successful implementation of the first WCO Performance Measurement Mechanism.
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07 February 2024
The WCO is pleased to make new e-learning courses available in French, focusing on the WCO Data Model and Customs Valuation.
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02 February 2024
In 2023, under the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme for Customs, 17 of the 25 countries that participated in the first iteration of the Customs Integrity Perception Survey (CIPS) between 2020 and 2021 undertook a second iteration of the survey.
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01 February 2024
From 15-19 January 2024, the Nepal Department of Customs (DoC) and Member experts from Canada and Mauritius worked to further one of Nepal's specific priorities: “Internal control reinforced through enhanced departmental investigation and Post Clearance Audit Office”.
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01 February 2024
A workshop aiming to support Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) to develop a Lifestyle Audit process was conducted from 22 to 26 January 2024 under the aegis of WCO Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme with the assistance of two experts from the Mauritius Revenue Authority and Federal Revenue of Brazil.
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