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30 ноября 2022
On 28 November 2022, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) delivered a congratulatory remark during the ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of Japan Customs, held in Tokyo, Japan.
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30 ноября 2022
From 10 to 11 November 2022, within the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP) framework, the WCO successfully conducted a regional workshop on the implementation of the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC) with the participation of the Customs Administrations of El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama, who are actively working towards the RKC accession.
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30 ноября 2022
From 9 to 24 November 2022, several virtual training workshops on internal control were organized by the WCO Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme in response to specific needs identified by Antigua and Barbuda, El Salvador and Honduras.
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29 ноября 2022
As part of Algeria’s ongoing work to set up a national Customs laboratory, a group of experts from the Algerian administration visited the Dutch Customs laboratory to study the work organization methods, the infrastructure and the technology used by the administration of the Netherlands in that domain.
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29 ноября 2022
From 21 to 23 November 2022, Mali Directorate General of Customs (DGD), in cooperation with the WCO Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion Programme (A-CIP), organised a workshop aimed at strengthening trust and cooperation between the private sector and Malian Customs.
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28 ноября 2022
From 14 to 18 November 2022, the Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS) hosted a national workshop on the Harmonized System and commodity classification at the ERS Headquarters in Ezulwini, Eswatini.
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28 ноября 2022
On 24 November 2022, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mukuriya, expressed his condolences on the passing of the Mr. Etienne Sama II, Director of the WCO Regional Intelligence and Liaison Office for Central Africa and the Great Lakes (RILO-CA).
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25 ноября 2022
From 14 to 25 November 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO), one of the key partners of the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC), participated in the 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP 19) of the Convention of the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), which took place in Panama City, Panama.
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25 ноября 2022
To build the Zimbabwe Electronic Single Window (ZeSW) capacity to strengthen its engagement with partner government agencies, the WCO, within the framework of the Sida-WCO Trade Facilitation and Customs Modernization (TFCM) Programme, organized a five-day Workshop on the Single Window and WCO Data Model which took place from 31 October to 4 November 2022.
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25 ноября 2022
Within the framework of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), the World Customs Organization (WCO) delivered a National Workshop on Time Release Study (TRS) for the Customs Administration of Peru (SUNAT) from 14 to 18 November 2022.
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25 ноября 2022
The World Customs Organization (WCO) – with its Virtual Working Group on Gender Equality and Diversity (GED) taking the lead – recognizes that it is important for Customs to join the international community in marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign under the theme “UNiTE! Activism to End Violence against Women & Girls!” led by UN Women.
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25 ноября 2022
On 24 November 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) published its first Global Trendspotter Report on Customs-related Commercial Fraud which was developed by national Customs experts as well as by representatives from WCO Regional Intelligence Liaison Offices (RILOs) and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), with the financial support of Korea Customs.
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25 ноября 2022
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 Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), held a national training workshop on rules of origin in Banjul, The Gambia, from 7 to 11 November 2022 with the participation of Customs officials from different units and border stations within the Customs Services department.
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24 ноября 2022
The 32nd WCO Asia/Pacific Regional Contact Points Meeting was held from 14 to 18 November 2022, hosted by Australian Border Force, WCO Asia Pacific Vice Chair.
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23 ноября 2022
During the 12th Session of the Capacity Building Committee (CBC 12), delegates requested the Secretariat to explore the use of a comprehensive and consistent evaluation model that could be applied to the WCO learning and development activities.
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23 ноября 2022
The third symposium in the WCO Symposia Series, “Visualising a greener HS to support environmentally sustainable trade”, supported by the European Union, was held on 8 November 2022.
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22 ноября 2022
On 17 November 2022, the Deputy Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) participated in the 10th World Business Alliance for Secure Commerce (BASC) Congress held in Lima, Peru.
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22 ноября 2022
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project and with the kind host of the Regional Training Center in Fiji Revenue and Customs Service (FRCS), the third Working Group Activity of the Master Trainer Programme (MTP) on Customs Valuation (CV) and HS Classification (HS) for the Pacific Islands was held in Suva, Fiji, from 7 to 12, November 2022.
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21 ноября 2022
On 18 November, at the invitation of the Government of Uzbekistan, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), spoke at the Samarkand EU-Central Asia Connectivity Conference, held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. He promoted Customs cooperation to strengthen transport connectivity in Central Asia.
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21 ноября 2022
The 19th Counterfeiting and Piracy (CAP) Group Meeting, organized in a hybrid format, was held on 16 and 17 November 2022, following on from a first document-based phase which had taken place from 31 October to 14 November 2022 and during which delegates had re-elected Mr. Olo Sib Pale, Customs Attaché from Côte d’Ivoire, as Chairperson for the meeting.
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18 ноября 2022
On 16 November 2022 the WCO conducted its fourth regional consultation on WCO modernization, this time with the Americas and Caribbean (AMS) region. Twenty-six Member administrations participated in this consultation, kindly hosted by the Peru Tax and Customs Administration (SUNAT) in Lima and conducted in a hybrid format.
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16 ноября 2022
The World Customs Organization (WCO) held the 9th Rights Holders Consultative Group (RHCG) Meeting on 15 November 2022, in a hybrid format.
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16 ноября 2022
From November 3 to 11, 2022, the WCO, through its Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme, sponsored two Officials from the Sierra Leone National Revenue Authority (NRA) to participate in a professional attachment initiative with the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) Internal Affairs.
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16 ноября 2022
The 3rd (2020-2021) and 4th (2021-2022) Editions of the Advanced Course on Tax and Customs Administration Management were successfully carried out from 17 to 28 October 2022 in Antigua, Guatemala.
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16 ноября 2022
From 24 to 28 October 2022, within the framework of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), the WCO delivered a 5-day workshop on Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) for the National Customs of Bolivia (AN).
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16 ноября 2022
The World Customs Organization (WCO) organized a national workshop on Customs valuation for the benefit of the Customs Administration of North Macedonia on 7 - 11 November 2022.
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16 ноября 2022
From 7 to 11 November 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO), under the sponsorship of the Customs Cooperation Fund of Germany (CCF-Germany), successfully conducted a national workshop on Rules of Origin in Chisinău, Moldova.
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15 ноября 2022
The 21st Meeting of the Administrative Committee for the Convention on Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention) and the 18th Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Customs Convention on the ATA Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods (ATA Convention) were held jointly on 14 November 2022 in a hybrid mode, attended by approximately 140 delegates from 33 Contracting Parties to the Istanbul Convention and 31 Contracting Parties to the ATA Convention, as well as by 14 observer WCO Members and 5 International Organizations.
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14 ноября 2022
On 14 November, the global community celebrates the International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property.
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14 ноября 2022
From 9 to 11 November 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) organized the first meeting of the Working Group on Data and Statistics (WGDS) in a hybrid mode, at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
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14 ноября 2022
On 10 November 2022, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, spoke and interacted with participants during the online meeting of the Global Customs and Trade Facilitation Commission of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
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11 ноября 2022
At the invitation of China Customs, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, delivered his opening remarks at the online Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) High-Level Seminar on “Smart Customs, Smart Borders and Smart Connectivity”, organized by China Customs on 7 and 8 November 2022.
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11 ноября 2022
The 42nd Meeting of the WCO-UPU Contact Committee was held jointly by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) on 8 and 9 November 2022.
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09 ноября 2022
The Barbados Customs and Excise Department (BCED) has been engaged in a vast technical reform and modernization programme aiming to improve operational efficiency and governance, revenue collection, trade facilitation and stakeholders’ engagement.
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09 ноября 2022
The Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) participated in virtual mode in the 6th meeting of the Working Group on Sea Lanes of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), which was held on 3 November 2022.
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09 ноября 2022
The WCO conducted a training workshop on Post Clearance Audit (PCA) for the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) in Blantyre, Malawi, from 24 to 28 October 2022.
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09 ноября 2022
On 7 November 2022 the WCO conducted its third regional consultation on WCO modernization, this time with the Europe (EUR) region.
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08 ноября 2022
As part of its reform and modernisation plan and following the activities of the HRM modernisation work plan, the WCO successfully conducted from 17 to 21 October 2022 in Antananarivo, Madagascar, an expert consultancy mission to support the multidisciplinary HRM project team in finalising the competency-based HRM tools and strengthening the capacity of the department in charge of HRM and training to act as a strategic partner. This mission was carried out with the financial support of the Accelerate Trade Facilitation Programme.
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08 ноября 2022
The Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) participated in the 11th (hybrid) meeting of Training and Human Resources Managers of Customs Administrations in the WCO West and Central Africa Region (WCO-WCA) from 12 to 14 October 2022 in Abuja, Nigeria.
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07 ноября 2022
The WCO Technical Experts Group on Non-Intrusive Inspection (TEG-NII) held its 9th Meeting on 3 and 4 November 2022 in a hybrid format. The Meeting gathered, both online and at the WCO headquarters in Brussels, more than 230 participants from 66 Member Customs administrations and 6 NII vendors, thus setting a new record for the Group in terms of number of participants.
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07 ноября 2022
On 2 November 2022, at the invitation of the Global Development Network (GDN), a worldwide network of research and policy institutes related to the contemporary development challenges, the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, spoke on Customs research agenda at the 2022 Global Development Conference: Tax Policy for Sustainable Development, held from 2 to 4 November at Clermont-Ferrand, France.
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07 ноября 2022
Within the framework of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), the World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a PCA follow-up mission to the Direccion de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales (DIAN) of Colombia from 24 to 28 October 2022.
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07 ноября 2022
A symposia, "Chemicals – reflecting the good, the bad and the revolutionary” was held on 25 October 2022, as the second symposium of the WCO Symposia series on “Visualising a Greener HS to support environmentally sustainable trade”.
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04 ноября 2022
From 2 to 4 November 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) held a global conference on its Programme Global Shield (PGS), an international effort to prevent terrorists and criminal organizations from accessing precursor chemicals and additional Improvised Explosive Device (IED) components in the global supply chain.
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04 ноября 2022
The 20th Meeting of the Heads of Asia/Pacific WCO Regional Training Centers (RTCs) was held at the Thai Customs Academy in Bangkok, Thailand as RTC Thailand, on 2-3 November 2022 in a hybrid manner.
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04 ноября 2022
The World Customs Organization (WCO) in partnership with the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) held the first regional consultation under the framework of the EU-WCO Rules of Origin Africa Programme in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from 24 to 28 October 2022 with the participation of Origin experts from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, and Senegal.
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03 ноября 2022
The WCO is thrilled to announce that the new Online AEO Compendium (OAC) has been launched and can be found at https://aeo.wcoomd.org/.
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03 ноября 2022
From October 24 to 28, 2022, in cooperation with the Anti-Corruption & Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme, the Mozambique Revenue Authority (AT) organized a series of meetings with government border management agencies, Customs brokers associations, various Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and shipping companies, to jointly find solutions to corruption in the country.
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