From the 26th to the 30th of October 2015, the SACU Secretariat and the World Customs Organization (WCO), under the WCO SACU Connect Project funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida) convened a workshop to develop a SACU Preferred Trader Utility Block (PT UB) and finalise the SACU Unique Consignment Reference (UCR) Number, in Johannesburg, South Africa. A WCO GNC expert facilitated and provided technical guidance to this meeting. The meeting was attended by SACU Customs IT, PT and Customs Procedures Experts as well as the WCO Regional Project Manager.
The final draft of the SACU UCR will be submitted to the Project Steering Committee in November 2015 for consideration. Further work is needed on finalizing the SACU PT Utility Block which will be one of the enablers for the SACU Preferred Trader Programme.
For more information, please contact Mr. Dalton N. Nxumalo (WCO-SACU CONNECT Project Manager) at Dalton.Nxumalo@wcoomd.org or Dalton.Nxumalo@sacu.int