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30 九月 2015
At the invitation of the Director General of Customs of the Republic of Congo, Mr. Jean-Alfred Onanga, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya participated in the ceremony commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Congolese Customs, held in Brazzaville on 26 and 27 September 2015.
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30 九月 2015
The WCO Harmonized System Committee (HSC) held its 56th Session from 16 to 25 September 2015 at the WCO headquarters in Brussels, where around 120 delegates representing 62 Contracting Parties to the HS Convention, three WCO Member administrations and five international organizations attended.
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30 九月 2015
On 21 September 2015, the 56th Harmonized System Committee held a special half-day session to raise awareness of the importance of international trade statistics and their relationship with the HS and Customs declarations. With the imminent arrival of HS 2017, the WCO Secretary General, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, believed this to be an appropriate time to remind WCO Members of the importance of statistical data. To that end, this special session invited colleagues from other international organizations to share their work, their challenges, and how Customs administrations could cooperate with their statistical agencies to provide the best data possible.
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29 九月 2015
At the invitation of the African Union (AU), WCO Secretary General Mr. Kunio Mikuriya participated in a meeting of the AU Sub-Committee of Directors General (DGs) of Customs, held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on 24 and 25 September 2015. DRC Customs DG Mr. Rugwiza Magera chaired the meeting, with the assistance of the AU Director of Trade and Industry Ms. Treasure Maphanga.
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28 九月 2015
WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya chaired a Press Conference in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on 24 September 2015, to announce the final results of Operation Westerlies 3 which had taken place from 6 to 15 March 2015.
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25 九月 2015
On 14 - 18 September 2015, a WCO Time Release Study (TRS) workshop was held in The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The workshop was co-organized by the Customs administration of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, USAID and the WCO.
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24 九月 2015
WCO ESA Regional Workshop on TFA implementation held in South Africa
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21 九月 2015
The 67th WCO Fellowship Programme, intended for English-speakers, was launched in Brussels on Monday 7 September 2015.
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21 九月 2015
The World Customs Organization is pleased to announce that the Philippine Bureau of Customs will host the 2016 WCO Partnership in Customs Academic Research and Development (PICARD) Conference.
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21 九月 2015
Dubai Customs officers seized 35 million tramadol pills and 2.5 tonnes of tramadol powder at Jebel Ali Port.
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18 九月 2015
At the invitation of Mr. Santiago Rojas Arroyo, Director General of Colombia’s National Directorate of Tax and Customs (DIAN), WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya spoke at an AEO Conference held in Bogota, Colombia on 15 September 2015. The Conference announced the expansion of the existing Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Programme in Colombia.
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17 九月 2015
At the invitation of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya spoke to Ministers of Tourism at a “high-level forum on tourism and air transport for development”, held on 14 September 2015 during the UNWTO General Assembly in Medellin, Colombia.
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17 九月 2015
A WCO pilot workshop on the accreditation of Mercator Programme Advisors (MPAs) was held in Lincoln, United Kingdom, 7-11 September 2015. It was carried out through the UK-funded project under the WCO Mercator Programme.
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17 九月 2015
Through the West African Customs Administrations Modernization (WACAM) Project, funded by the Swedish government, the WCO conducted a national support mission for competency – based Human Resource Management (HRM) to the Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA).
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16 九月 2015
The use of the nCEN application in the East and Southern Africa region continues to grow as more and more countries are implementing the tool. With a strong campaign in 2015, the nCEN is currently a valuable enforcement and risk management operational tool in nine Administrations in East and Southern Africa, with four more ready for deployment in the upcoming months.
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16 九月 2015
Between 8 and 12 September, a sub-Regional WCO valuation workshop was held in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran for the Customs administrations of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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15 九月 2015
As part of the West African Customs Administration Modernization (WACAM) Project, financed by the government of Sweden, the WCO supported the Customs Administration of Senegal on Human Resource (HR) processes from 24 to 27 August 2015.
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15 九月 2015
The progress made during the first phase of the WCO - WACAM project in some West African Customs administrations on Human Resource Management (HRM) has triggered great interest in Central African Customs administrations.
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14 九月 2015
The WCO and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have been working together with industry stakeholders for a long time already to help secure and facilitate air cargo supply chains.
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11 九月 2015
The 10th annual WCO PICARD Conference, which ran from 8 to 10 September 2015 in Baku, Azerbaijan, ended on a high note after three days of thought-provoking presentations by invited speakers, followed by dynamic discussions among participants.
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09 九月 2015
At the invitation of Mr. Aydin Aliyev, Chairman of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya attended the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 7 September 2015.
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08 九月 2015
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received World Customs Organization Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 7 September 2015.
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08 九月 2015
The WCO Secretariat received a Delegation from China Customs for a study visit on Trade Facilitation with a specific focus on Coordinated Border Management (CBM) and Single Window.
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07 九月 2015
The Vanuatu Department of Customs and Inland Revenue (DCIR) has assigned strategic priority to risk management development for both the managerial and technical levels of their organization.
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07 九月 2015
At the request of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the WCO recently conducted a mission to support GRA’s preparation for taking over responsibility for Customs valuation functions from private sector inspection companies.
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07 九月 2015
The 2015/2016 WCO Career Development Programme Commences
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04 九月 2015
At the invitation of the Norwegian Customs Administration the Secretariat attended the Norwegian tariff classification seminar in Lillestrøm, Norway, on 1 and 2 September 2015.
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03 九月 2015
On 25 August 2015, a one-day meeting of the UNODC-WCO Container Control Programme (CCP) was held in Vienna (Austria) to launch the CCP’s new Women’s Network initiative.
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02 九月 2015
The PICARD Conference will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 8-10 September 2015 and will include communications by Customs officers, policymakers, and academics.
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01 九月 2015
The journey towards border modernization through increased use of Information & Communications Technology continues among WCO member administrations.
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01 九月 2015
At the invitation of Mr. Alexander Mora, Costa Rica Minister of International Trade, WCO Deputy Secretary General Sergio Mujica attended the Conference "Costa Rica in the Multilateral Trading System, Trade Facilitation as a Catalyst for Competitiveness" in San Jose, Costa Rica, on 25 August.
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