-
31 July 2025
On 16 July 2025, Jamaica deposited its instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System) with WCO Secretary General Ian Saunders, becoming the 163rd Contracting Party to the Convention.
read more
-
29 July 2025
The WCO, in cooperation with the Dominican Republic Customs, organized a pre-Accreditation Workshop for Expert Trainers (ETs) on Customs Valuation at the WCO Regional Training Center (RTC) Prof. Bosch in Santo Domingo from 14th to 18th July 2025.
read more
-
29 July 2025
The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA), with the support of the World Customs Organization (WCO), successfully concluded a nationwide series of stakeholder engagement sessions in Windhoek, Walvis Bay, Katima Mulilo, and the Trans Kalahari region to introduce its newly launched Electronic Advance Ruling (e-AR) platform for Classification, Valuation, and Origin.
read more
-
28 July 2025
The Philippines officially kicked off its National Time Release Study (TRS) at the Manila International Container Port (MICP), focusing on sea cargo import and export clearance processes.
read more
-
28 July 2025
From 16 to 19 June 2025, the World Customs Organization (WCO) Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Programme, in close collaboration with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), successfully hosted the Operation TENTACLE South America Post-operational Workshop in Georgetown, Guyana.
read more
-
25 July 2025
From 22 to 26 June 2025, the World Customs Organization (WCO) Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) Programme, in close collaboration with Saudi Arabia’s Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA), successfully hosted the first phase of the TENTACLE MENA 2025 AML/CTF capacity-building initiative in Riyadh.
read more
-
25 July 2025
The World Customs Organization's (WCO) Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Programme is a Customs-business partnership initiative implemented by Customs administrations around the world to secure and facilitate global trade.
read more
-
24 July 2025
Discussions held at the June 2025 sessions of the WCO Council, the governing body of the organization, shed light on the need to continue expanding the work on the use of transfer pricing documentation to assist in verifying declared prices or determining Customs value.
read more
-
23 July 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a Roundtable on Trade-based Money Laundering from 7 to 9 July 2025 in Stirling, United Kingdom.
read more
-
23 July 2025
From 30 June to 4 July 2025, the WCO Smart Customs Project, funded by the Customs Cooperation Fund of China, conducted a study mission to Rio de Janeiro focusing on Brazil Customs’ use of blockchain technology to share information on Authorized Economic Operators (AEOs) and to implement Mutual Recognition Arrangements/Agreements (MRAs) in Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) member countries.
read more
-
22 July 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the Government of Japan, officially concluded the 2024–2025 edition of the WCO-Japan Career Development Programme (CDP) with a completion ceremony held at WCO Headquarters in Brussels.
read more
-
22 July 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has published an updated edition of its Guide to Counter Origin Irregularities (excluding fraud).
read more
-
22 July 2025
The “WCO RILO WE Annual report 2024 Review of drug seizures at European airports and mail centres”, written by RILO Western Europe analysts, is the key product of a long-term collaboration between the RILO Western Europe and the Council of Europe – Pompidou Airports Group.
read more
-
18 July 2025
In a significant move to implement the WCO Action Plan on Fragile Borders, the World Customs Organization (WCO), in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has inaugurated the first-ever WCO Master Trainer Programme (MTP) on Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) in West Africa.
read more
-
17 July 2025
A major report by the World Customs Organization (WCO) has revealed that over two-thirds of detected drug shipments were found to have the involvement of someone directly employed within the maritime cargo supply chain.
read more
-
16 July 2025
Guyana has embarked on a transformative Customs modernization journey as the newest partner country of the World Customs Organization’s (WCO) Accelerate Trade Facilitation Programme.
read more
-
16 July 2025
Under the framework of the EU-WCO Rules of Origin (RoO) Africa Programme, funded by the European Union, the World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the European Technical Assistance Facility (EU-TAF) support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the COMESA Business Council (CBC), held a training of trainers workshop on Rules of Origin for private sector representatives from Eastern and Southern Africa.
read more
-
15 July 2025
With the support of the WCO Accelerate Trade Facilitation Programme, the Gambia is advancing on its Coordinated Border Management (CBM) agenda, following a seven-week series of virtual workshops to develop an inter-agency standard framework followed by a two-week in-country capacity-building mission from 19 to 30 May 2025, including Data Standardization based on the WCO Data Model.
read more
-
15 July 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is proud to announce the release of the WCO Data Model Version 4.2.0, marking a significant step forward in the digitalization and harmonization of customs procedures worldwide.
read more
-
14 July 2025
The EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, funded by the European Union (EU), provided technical support through the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Moroccan Customs to the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU).
read more
-
14 July 2025
From 8 to 11 July 2025, the Central Asia and Caucasus Security Project (CCASP), funded by the Government of Japan, held its inaugural Regional Awareness Workshop in Astana. The event brought together senior officials from the Customs administrations of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
read more
-
11 July 2025
Under the framework of the EU-WCO RoO Africa Programme, funded by the European Union, the World Customs Organization (WCO), in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), held a national training of trainers workshop on rules of origin for Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA).
read more
-
11 July 2025
The second phase of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) in Moldova is well underway.
read more
-
11 July 2025
The WCO Council has endorsed a new Capacity-Building Paradigm, which aims to establish a novel way to plan, deliver and assess capacity-building delivery and implementation support.
read more
-
10 July 2025
The second activity under Phase II of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) took place in Peru on June 25, 2025.
read more
-
10 July 2025
Integrity at borders is fundamental to sustainable trade and economic growth. A new joint International Chamber of Commerce-World Customs Organization paper highlights how trade facilitation – by digitalising processes, reducing complexities and increasing transparency – can be a powerful tool for fighting corruption.
read more
-
09 July 2025
Under the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme, funded by the European Union (EU), the World Customs Organization (WCO) is providing financial and technical support towards the review of the technical aspects of the East African Community (EAC) Rules of origin (RoO).
read more
-
09 July 2025
A total of nearly 14 million pieces related to intellectual property rights (IPR), health and safety were seized as part of an operation codenamed “FRONPIAS” (meaning clean borders in Spanish - fronteras limpias).
read more
-
08 July 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO) held a national workshop on the rules of origin (RoO) from 3 to 5 June 2025 in Blantyre, Malawi.
read more
-
08 July 2025
With a firm commitment to strengthening transparency and institutional ethics within its Customs administration, the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan hosted an intensive technical workshop from 16 to 20 June 2025 focused on the development of its forthcoming National Integrity Strategy.
read more
-
08 July 2025
As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen institutional integrity and modernize its procedures, the Customs Administration of Palestine, with support from the World Customs Organization (WCO) Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme, held a virtual workshop from 15 to 19 June 2025 focused on stakeholder communication and its vital role in improving customs processes.
read more
-
07 July 2025
Under the framework of the EU-WCO RoO Africa Programme, funded by the European Union, the World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a diagnostic mission for Madagascar Customs.
read more
-
07 July 2025
Building on the previous capacity-building workshops held in Uzbekistan, the second phase of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) is progressing well in the country.
read more
-
07 July 2025
The Burundi Customs administration hosted a national awareness workshop on the Rules of Origin (RoO) under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement from 20 to 22 May 2025 in Bujumbura.
read more
-
04 July 2025
The World Customs Organization (WCO), present under its official UN designation as the Customs Cooperation Council, reinforced the essential role of Customs in international development during the 4th United Nations Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4).
read more
-
04 July 2025
Following Colombia’s strong results as a full beneficiary of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) from 2019 to 2023, the country agreed to pursue a Targeted Country Project (TCP) under the second phase of the Programme (GTFP-II).
read more
-
03 July 2025
Activities under the full-fledged support programme for Uzbekistan, implemented through the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), are progressing steadily.
read more
-
03 July 2025
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has taken another step towards enhancing transparency and accountability by implementing an innovative approach to corruption risk analysis and mapping.
read more
-
02 July 2025
The Mozambique Revenue Authority (MRA) recognizes the key role that human capital plays in organizational performance and, accordingly, has taken the initiative to modernize its Human Resource Management (HRM) System.
read more
-
02 July 2025
A National Workshop on the Harmonized System (HS) was held in Koror, Palau, from 9 to 12 June 2025.
read more
-
01 July 2025
On 28 June 2025, during the 145th/146th Council Sessions, the Republic of El Salvador deposited its instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System), with Mr. Ian Saunders, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO).
read more
-
01 July 2025
From 27 to 29 May 2025, a WCO national workshop on the AfCFTA Rules of Origin (RoO) was held in Pretoria, South Africa. Hosted by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) through the WCO/JICA Joint Project, the workshop brought together a diverse group of participants, including SARS Customs officials, representatives from other public institutions and private sector stakeholders.
read more