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May

  • First WCO ESA Regional Workshop on Resource Mobilization

    First WCO ESA Regional Workshop on Resource Mobilization

    28 мая 2014

    The WCO and the ESA Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB ESA), in cooperation with the Kenyan Revenue Authority, organized the first WCO ESA Regional Workshop on Resource Mobilization in Mombasa, Kenya from 19 to 23 May 2014.

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  • New MOU signed by the WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya and President Marygrace Collins of the Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents (FONASBA) to enhance cooperation between the two organizations

    Renewal of cooperation with the Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents to advance trade facilitation and improve data quality

    28 мая 2014

    The President of the Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents (FONASBA), Ms. Marygrace Collins, visited the WCO to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya on 27 May 2014.

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  • Joint WCO-OECD Workshop on Customs Valuation and Transfer Pricing

    Joint WCO-OECD Workshop on Customs Valuation and Transfer Pricing

    27 мая 2014

    The WCO and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently held a joint regional workshop in Budapest, Hungary on Customs valuation and transfer pricing.

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  • Group photo showing the WCO Deputy Secretary General with, on his right, Mr. Somchai Poolsavasdi, Director-General of the Royal Thai Excise Department; on his left, Mr. Manas Jamveha, Director-General of the Royal Thai Comptroller General’s Department; and, further on his left, Ms. Supharumpai Hantweepanich, Minister, Office of Customs Counsellor at the Royal Thai Embassy in Brussels as well as the other participants to the meeting.

    Royal Thai Excise Department visits WCO

    27 мая 2014

    A delegation from the Thai Excise Department led by Mr. Somchai Poolsavasdi, Director-General of the Royal Thai Excise Department, who was accompanied by Ms. Supharumpai Hantweepanich, Minister, Office of Customs Counsellor at the Royal Thai Embassy in Brussels, visited the WCO on 26 May 2014. The main purpose of this visit was to exchange views on best practices for combating smuggling of tobacco products.
    The Thai delegation was welcomed by WCO Deputy Secretary General Sergio Mujica who, after providing background on the development of the WCO, gave a wide-ranging presentation on the WCO’s Strategic Plan and mission, in which trade facilitation, protection of society and revenue collection play a key role in ensuring Customs efficiency and effectiveness in the promotion of economic prosperity and social development.
    The meeting continued with a series of technical presentations. They covered the WCO’s approach to countering illicit trade, with specific focus on the Compliance and Enforcement Package and related enforcement efforts in five high-risk areas, namely revenue, security, drugs, health and safety/intellectual property rights (IPR), and environment. The global and regional situations regarding the illicit trade in tobacco products were then presented and some best practices shared, taking Operation GRYPHON and the RILO Asia/Pacific’s Project CROCODILE as examples. The visit ended with a presentation on the WCO’s enforcement tools, including CEN, nCEN and CENcomm, and the support they offer Customs administrations in their enforcement duties.

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  • Accreditation workshop for Arabic-speaking Expert Trainers in the Harmonized System

    Accreditation workshop for Arabic-speaking Expert Trainers in the Harmonized System

    26 мая 2014

    The WCO, reinforcing its efforts to provide high-quality training and technical assistance on the Harmonized System, conducted an accreditation workshop for Arabic-speaking Expert trainers in the Harmonized System from the MENA region (Middle East and North African region).

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  • Secretary General Mikuriya and Ewa Björling, Swedish Minister for Trade

    Meeting with the Swedish Minister for Trade

    26 мая 2014

    At the invitation of the Swedish Minister for Trade, Ms. Ewa Björling, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Stockholm, Sweden on 22 and 23 May 2014.

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  • Tons of fake goods intercepted under Operation TIGRE 3

    23 мая 2014

    Customs officials intercepted 21.3 million counterfeit and pirated items at 21 ports across Central America, South America and the Caribbean during a one-week enforcement operation to combat counterfeiting and piracy called TIGRE 3.

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  • Thousands of illicit online pharmacies shut down in global operation targeting fake medicines

    22 мая 2014

    Nearly 200 enforcement agencies across 111 countries have taken part in Operation Pangea VII targeting criminal networks behind the sale of fake medicines via illicit online pharmacies, resulting in 239 arrests worldwide and the seizure of nearly USD 30 million worth of potentially dangerous medicines.

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  • Mr. Mikurya with Lilianne Ploumen, Netherlands Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation.

    Meeting with Netherlands Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation

    21 мая 2014

    At the invitation of Ms. Lilianne Ploumen, Netherlands Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya had a bilateral meeting in Brussels, on 19 May 2014.

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  • Qatar steps up its efforts to establish an advance tariff ruling programme

    Qatar steps up its efforts to establish an advance tariff ruling programme

    21 мая 2014

    The WCO has long recognised the importance and the many benefits of advance ruling programmes. Higher levels of certainty, predictability and transparency for economic operators and the Customs alike are some of the most obvious gains to be had when a full-fledged programme of advance rulings is up and running in a country.

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  • WCO welcomes APEC Ministerial Statement

    WCO Welcomes APEC Ministerial Statement

    19 мая 2014

    The World Customs Organization (WCO) welcomes the APEC Qingdao Statement adopted at the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) meeting held on 17 and18 May 2014 in Qingdao, China.

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  • Group photo of the participants to the workshop

    WCO Regional Workshop on Leadership in Single Window and WCO Data Model

    16 мая 2014

    The WCO Regional Workshop on Leadership in Single Window and WCO Data Model was held from 5 to 9 May 2014 in Brisbane, Australia, under the sponsorship of the Customs Cooperation Fund, Japan (CCF/Japan), and in collaboration with the Australia Customs and Border Protection Services (ACBPS).

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  • 19th Meeting of the Heads of Customs Governing Council for the ESA Region

    16 мая 2014

    At the invitation of the Vice-Chair of the East and Southern Africa (ESA) Region, Mrs. Agnes Katsonga Phiri, Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Malawi, the Secretary General, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya attended the 19th Meeting of the Heads of Customs Governing Council ESA Region, on 15 and 16 May 2014. The meeting was hosted by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) in Johannesburg.

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  • WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya and Deputy Secretary General Sergio Mujica together with Costa Rica’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade Jhon Fonseca and the Ambassador of Costa Rica H. E. Istvan Alfaro Solano

    Costa Rica’s Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade visits WCO

    14 мая 2014

    The newly appointed Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica, Mr. Jhon Fonseca, met with WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya at WCO Headquarters, on 13 May 2014, on the occasion of his first foreign mission as Vice-Minister.

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  • Past, present and future: Five Chairpersons of the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation

    The Technical Committee on Customs Valuation holds its 38th Session in Brussels

    13 мая 2014

    The Technical Committee on Customs Valuation (TCCV) held its 38th Session in Brussels from 5 to 9 May 2014. The TCCV is the body responsible for technical interpretation of the WTO Agreement on Customs valuation and in particular examines technical questions submitted by WTO/WCO Members. In some cases, instruments are issued based on questions raised which provide helpful guidance to Customs administrations and importers, leading to a more consistent interpretation of the Agreement.

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  • Brussels-based Customs Attachés from African countries with WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya, during their visit to the WCO on 9 May 2014 to announce the formation of the new Group

    A new Brussels-based African Customs Attachés Group visits the WCO

    13 мая 2014

    A new Brussels-based African Customs Attachés Group visits the WCO

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  • Delegates participating in the CIAT General Assembly held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 2014

    WCO Deputy Secretary General attends the CIAT’s General Assembly

    12 мая 2014

    At the invitation of Mr. Marcio Verdi, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT), the WCO Deputy Secretary General Sergio Mujica attended CIAT’s 48th General Assembly from 5 to7 May 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The central theme of the meeting was: "The Use of Information and Communication Technologies in the Tax Administration”.

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  • Montenegro hosts WCO National Seminar on the Harmonized System

    Montenegro hosts WCO National Seminar on the Harmonized System

    12 мая 2014

    With sponsorship of the German Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF/Germany), a WCO National Seminar on the Harmonized System (HS) and the Classification Management was held in the headquarters of the Montenegro Customs in Podgorica, from 6 to 9 May 2014.

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  • Highlights from the WCO 2014 IT Conference & Exhibition

    08 мая 2014

    Over 400 delegates from 80 countries attended the 2014 IT Conference and Exhibition from 5 to 7 May 2014 organized in Brisbane Australia with the theme of “Information Technology as a Catalyst for Economic Competiveness - Innovation Powering Facilitation of International Trade & Tourism”. With 70 speakers this year representing enforcement authorities and businesses as well as the international organizations and academia, this three days event is the WCO’s premium platform which brings together governments and vendors in pursuit of innovative solutions for enhanced border management.

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  • Trade Facilitation

    WCO introduces new web tool for ATF implementation

    07 мая 2014

    The World Customs Organization (WCO) has launched on its website the WCO Implementation Guidance for the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade Facilitation (ATF) to support WCO Members in their efforts to implement the ATF.

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  • Opening of the WCO’s 63rd Fellowship Programme

    Opening of the WCO’s 63rd Fellowship Programme

    05 мая 2014

    The 63rd WCO Fellowship Programme, at the same time the 4th in Spanish, was launched in Brussels on Monday 28 April 2014.

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  • From left to right: WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya, Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Australia, and ACBPS Chief Executive Officer Michael Pezzullo

    2014 WCO IT Conference & Exhibition opens in Australia

    05 мая 2014

    The 2014 WCO IT Conference & Exhibition opened on Monday 5 May 2014 in Brisbane under the theme of "Information Technology as a Catalyst for Economic Competiveness".

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  • Heads of Customs Administrations participating in the WCO Asia/Pacific Regional Conference. WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya appears in the centre together with, on his left, Mr. Scott Morrison, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection of Australia as well as Mr. Michael Pezzullo, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) and Vice-Chair of the WCO’s Asia/Pacific Region.

    Reaffirmed commitment of the Asia/Pacific Region to furthering WCO initiatives

    02 мая 2014

    At the invitation of Mr. Michael Pezzullo, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) and Vice-Chair of the WCO’s Asia/Pacific Region, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya participated in the 15th WCO Asia/Pacific Regional Heads of Customs Administrations Conference held in Port Douglas, Australia, from 29 April to 2 May 2014.

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