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31 May 2024
From 6 to 10 May 2024, the WCO Secretariat, with the support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of China (CCF-China), organized a national workshop on Customs valuation in Managua, Nicaragua, for the benefit of the Customs Administration of Nicaragua.
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31 May 2024
From 13 to 16 May 2024, Djibouti hosted a national workshop aimed at updating the national customs tariff, in accordance with the current version of the Harmonized System (HS).
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29 May 2024
From 6 to 7 May 2024, the World Customs Organization hosted the 4th session of its Working Group on Data and Statistics (WGDS) at its Brussels headquarters in a hybrid format.
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29 May 2024
Brussels – 16/04/24 - The World Customs Organization (WCO) is pleased to announce the arrival of the long-awaited Spanish translation of the Harmonized System 2022 content on our WCO Trade Tools platform.
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29 May 2024
In a remarkable display of international cooperation, a rare and historically significant book, Sumario breve de la practica de la arithmetica (A Brief Summary of the Arithmetic Practice) by Juan Andrés, published in Valencia in 1515, has been repatriated to Spain.
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28 May 2024
The First Global Supply Chain Forum was held from 21 to 24 May 2024, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
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27 May 2024
At a round table session, held on 24 May 2024 at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium and a key component of the Fellowship Programme, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Mr. Ian Saunders, engaged with the nine Spanish-speaking participants of the 89th edition.
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24 May 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretariat launched the “Customs Enforcement Curriculum for Pakistan” (CECPAK) Project to enhance Pakistan Customs' security and enforcement capabilities over the next two years. Since 2020, Pakistan Customs has received support from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the U.S. Department of State, which funds WCO Secretariat activities under the Customs Enforcement Curriculum for Assistant Collectors (CECAC) and CECPAK Projects. Mr. Jimmy R. Mauldin, Acting Consul General of the U.S. Consulate General in Karachi, emphasized INL’s commitment to modernizing Pakistan Customs.
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24 May 2024
Following WCO capacity-building and technical assistance, the reports of the end-to-end Time Release Study (TRS) of the Oshoek-Ngwenya land border were jointly published by Eswatini and South Africa on 20 May 2024.
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24 May 2024
The WCO has updated the Customs Laboratory Guide (CLG), based on of the Green Customs Action Plan (GCAP), adding guidelines on environmentally safe storage and disposal of samples and residues from Customs laboratories to Section 1.
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23 May 2024
From May 14 to 16, 2024, the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme, in partnership with the Mauritius Revenue Authority and the Libyan Customs Authority, held a capacity-building workshop on the topic of internal affairs management for the benefit of Tunisian Customs.
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23 May 2024
In an essential step toward enhancing integrity and combating corruption, Palestine Customs benefited from a workshop to establish an Internal Affairs Unit, with support from the World Customs Organization (WCO) Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme.
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23 May 2024
In a significant move to further bolster efforts under its existing Anti-Corruption Programme, the State Customs Service (SCS) of Ukraine has officially partnered with the World Customs Organization’s Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme for Customs, thanks to funding from Norway.
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22 May 2024
With the generous support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of Japan (CCF-Japan), the World Customs Organization (WCO) organized a regional pre-accreditation workshop for Technical and Operational Advisors (TOAs) on PCA (Post-Clearance Audit).
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22 May 2024
The 69th Meeting of the Data Model Projects Team (DMPT) convened in a hybrid format on 16-17 May 2024 at the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Brussels.
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21 May 2024
From 7 to 10 May 2024, the Tunisian Customs (Direction Générale des Douanes (DGD)) hosted a national workshop on Customs laboratories, which was delivered within the framework of the EU-WCO Programme for the Harmonized System in Africa (HS-Africa Programme), funded by the European Union.
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20 May 2024
In order to strengthen the administrative investigation process of Burkina Faso Customs, the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion Programme (A-CIP), in cooperation with experts from the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA), Côte d'Ivoire Customs and the WCO ROCB WCA, organised a capacity-building workshop from 23 to 25 April 2024 for a group of nearly 30 Burkina Faso Customs executives involved in the prevention of corruption and the management of internal affairs.
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17 May 2024
From May 8-10, 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO) convened its 6th Global Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Conference in the vibrant city of Shenzhen, China.
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17 May 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO), in collaboration with the Regional Intelligence Liaison Office (RILO) for the Asia/Pacific region, held a regional workshop from 14 to 17 May 2024 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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16 May 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO)’s Accelerate Trade Facilitation Programme, as funded by the United Kingdom’s His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), in partnership with the SACU Secretariat and the South African Revenue Service (SARS), delivered a Workshop to support SACU Members to increase a harmonized approach towards implementing the SACU AEO Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA).
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15 May 2024
A National Workshop on cross-border e-commerce for Thai Customs was delivered from 7 to 9 May 2024 at the Regional Training Centre of the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Bangkok.
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15 May 2024
The WCO is pleased to launch newly translated editions of the Gender Equality Organizational Assessment Tool (GEOAT), now available in Arabic, Portuguese, and Spanish.
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14 May 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is delighted to announce the release of an updated e-learning module on Time Release Study (TRS), now accessible on the CLiKC! platform.
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14 May 2024
A National Workshop on X-ray Image Analysis was delivered by the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Yerevan, Armenia from 29 April to 3 May 2024.
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14 May 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully delivered a “green” multi-regional workshop (conducted without the use of paper) on the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC) in Abuja, Nigeria, from 6 to 9 May 2024, with the financial support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of China (CCF-China), with additional support from CCF-Korea for interpretation services.
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13 May 2024
The month of April 2024 marks the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 of 2004 (UNSCR 1540), requiring governments to take action to prevent non-state actors from acquiring nuclear, chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).
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13 May 2024
A group of French-speaking Customs officers from nine administrations of the East and Southern Africa and West and Central Africa regions, who are currently receiving training at the Belgian Customs School, had the opportunity to meet the Deputy Director, Capacity Building, during a visit to WCO Headquarters on 6 May 2024.
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13 May 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a national workshop on Post Clearance Audit(PCA) for the Mauritius Revenue Authority(MRA) from 23 to 26 April 2024 in Port Louis, Mauritius, with the support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of Japan (CCF/Japan).
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08 May 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the East African Community (EAC), convened a meeting on EAC Customs Management Act and Regulations.
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08 May 2024
On 8 May 2024, the 6th WCO Global AEO Conference was launched in Shenzhen, China, by the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Mr. Ian Saunders.
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07 May 2024
The widely successful World Customs Organization Integrity Course is now available on mobile phones, offering greater flexibility and accessibility for learners worldwide. This initiative reflects the WCO’s commitment to enhancing the reach and impact of our educational resources.
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07 May 2024
At the request of the Customs Department of Burkina Faso, the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme organized a series of workshop sessions throughout March 2024 on the sustainable development of a culture of Integrity.
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06 May 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) launched an updated version of its Risk Management Compendium as a dynamic web application.
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06 May 2024
From 22 to 26 April 2024, the World Customs Organization (WCO) organized a national workshop on border enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with the financial support of the Customs Cooperation Funds of China (CCF/China).
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06 May 2024
Aiming to enhance trade facilitation and heighten security measures within Azerbaijan's Customs operations, the WCO recently wrapped up a successful technical assistance mission focused on strengthening the Administration's Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programme.
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03 May 2024
From 22 to 26 April 2024, the WCO delivered an advanced workshop on Gender Equality and Diversity (GED) in Abuja, Nigeria, for a group of four Customs Administrations from West Africa (the Gambia, Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria).
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02 May 2024
From 22 to 24 April 2024, global law enforcement agencies across customs, police, prosecution from more than 20 countries from South America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia Pacific, met as part of the first ICCWC Global Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade.
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02 May 2024
The World Customs Organization (WCO) participated in the 3rd Meeting of Heads of WCO Asia/Pacific Regional Customs Laboratories (RCLs), on 23-25 April 2024 in Jinju, the Republic of Korea, organized by the WCO Asia/Pacific ROCB and hosted by RCL in Korea.
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02 May 2024
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, the WCO organized a high-level explanatory meeting on the Master Trainer Programme (MTP) on Risk Management and a programme on Time Release Study (TRS) for Central Asia and the Caucasus via virtual meeting platform on 25 April 2024.
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