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28 二月 2018
As part of its work on stakeholder engagement and measuring the performance of the protagonists involved, the Burkina Faso Customs Administration sought support from the WCO, via the WACAM Project funded by the Swedish Government, in carrying out its very first Time Release Study (TRS).
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27 二月 2018
The 19th meeting of the SAFE Working Group (SWG), held from 21 to 23 February 2018 at the WCO headquarters in Brussels, brought together over 100 delegates from Customs administrations, partner government agencies, the Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG), international organizations and academia.
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26 二月 2018
WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya met with high level officials of the World Bank in Washington DC, United States, on Friday 23 February 2018 to discuss the World Bank’s “Doing Business Index” and the trade facilitation agenda, including the use of technology.
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23 二月 2018
At the invitation of the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya addressed the 15 Members of the Committee at United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York, United States, on Thursday 22 February 2018.
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23 二月 2018
The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, met the Japanese Ambassador to Belgium, H.E. Mr. Hajime Hayashi, at WCO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday 20 February 2018 to exchange a Note Verbale on the contribution of the Government of Japan to fund the implementation of the ‘WCO Security Project’ in the West and Central Africa region.
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23 二月 2018
The WCO has published the 85th edition of WCO News, the Organization’s flagship magazine aimed at the Customs community, which provides a selection of informative articles that touch the international Customs and trade landscape.
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22 二月 2018
From 5 to 9 February 2018, the WCO provided strategic support to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs and Excise Department under the Mercator Programme.
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21 二月 2018
The theoretical part of the 74th WCO Fellowship Programme, intended for French-speakers, concluded in Brussels on Friday 16 February 2018.
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21 二月 2018
More than 41,000 objects including coins, furniture, paintings, musical instruments, archaeological pieces and sculptures have been seized in a global operation targeting the trafficking of cultural artefacts.
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21 二月 2018
The WCO Secretariat conducted a Mercator Programme scoping mission in Cuba back in April 2017. As a result, it was decided that implementation of the WCO Data Model (DM) was a priority for Cuban Customs and other Cuban government agencies in order to simplify and standardize the information required from traders, as well as to allow interoperability between government agencies.
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20 二月 2018
Following the National Mercator Plan for Sudan, designed to provide multi-year, interactive and results-oriented capacity building support to enable effective implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), the WCO facilitated a workshop to strengthen Sudan Customs capacities on post-clearance audit (PCA).
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19 二月 2018
Based on the priorities of the revised WCO Mercator Implementation Plan for Zimbabwe, endorsed by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) in September 2017, the WCO delivered a training workshop on Customs Project Management 29 January to 2 February 2018 in Harare.
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19 二月 2018
Under the framework of the Mercator Programme, the WCO delivered a combined Monitoring, Evaluation and e-learning mission in Addis Ababa on the 5th to 9th of February 2018. The objectives of this mission were both to assess the impact of the Mercator activities delivered in the past two years, and also to officially launch the Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority’s (ERCA) e-learning platform covering specific TFA-modules translated into Amharic.
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16 二月 2018
The WCO conducted a four day national workshop on Strategic Trade Contorl Enforcement (STCE) in Jakarta from 5th to 8th February, 2018.
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16 二月 2018
In the framework of the WCO-UNODC Container Control Programme (CCP), the WCO held the first national specialized training course on countering illicit trafficking of cultural objects for the Port Control Units (PCUs) from Queen Alia International Airport and Aqaba seaport in Jordan.
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16 二月 2018
The WCO has responded positively to the request for technical assistance of the General Administration of Customs of Haiti (GAC) to set up a Customs Valuation Centre in order to enable the General Administration of Customs to carry out its core functions independently.
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15 二月 2018
As part of its Capacity Building strategy and under the sponsorship of the Japan Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF Japan), the WCO has organized a Regional Accreditation Workshop for Expert Trainers on Harmonized System in the Asia/Pacific Region, in which sixteen Customs Officials from the Region took part.
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15 二月 2018
The WCO successfully facilitated a workshop on Strategic Planning at the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) in Kingston from 5 to 9 February 2018.
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15 二月 2018
The 3rd Steering Committee (SC) Meeting of WCO ESA Project II took place from 5 – 7 February 2018 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and was hosted by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA).
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14 二月 2018
With the financial support of the Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) Korea, the WCO organized a three-day Workshop on Advance Passenger Data, encompassing Advance Passenger Information (API) and Passenger Name Record (PNR) in Bogota, Colombia.
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14 二月 2018
The El Salvador Customs Administration has been giving thought to implementing international standards, including the WCO Data Model (WCO DM), to help enhance its efficiency in managing border clearance procedures.
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13 二月 2018
A WCO National Workshop on the modernization of the Customs Laboratory of Albania, funded by the WCO Reserves fund, was held at the Customs Laboratory in Tirana from 6 to 9 February 2018.
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13 二月 2018
A WCO mission was held in Moroni (Comoros) from 29 January to 1 February 2018 to deliver a Human Resource (HR) Diagnostic to the Comoros Customs Administration.
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13 二月 2018
The World Customs Organization (WCO) provided support to the Guatemala Tax and Customs Authority under the WCO Mercator Programme Tailor-made Track, 22 – 26 January 2018.
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12 二月 2018
The First Global Cross-Border E-Commerce Conference, co-hosted by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the General Administration of China Customs (GACC), concluded in Beijing, China on 10 February 2018.
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12 二月 2018
A regional Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) and Mutual Recognition Arrangements / Agreements (MRAs) Workshop for the WCO Asia/Pacific region was held in Seoul, Korea, hosted by the Korean Customs Service from 5 to 9 February 2018.
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09 二月 2018
The First Global Cross-Border E-Commerce Conference, jointly organized by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and China Customs, began in Beijing, China today, sending out a concerted message on strengthening cooperation towards an innovative, inclusive, strategic and collaborative approach to sustainable cross-border e-commerce.
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08 二月 2018
The World Customs Organization (WCO), in cooperation with Jordan Customs, funded by the Eurocustoms Fund, organized a Risk Management Framework Workshop in Amman, Jordan from 28 January to 1 February 2018. The workshop was attended by 20 officers from the Headquarters and regional/field-level offices.
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08 二月 2018
In two recent missions the World Customs Organization (WCO) provided technical assistance on Customs valuation for the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA).
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01 二月 2018
The Harmonized System Committee (HSC) held its 60th Session at WCO Headquarters in Brussels from 27 September to 6 October 2017. The decisions taken by the HSC during this session have now been published on our website.
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01 二月 2018
At the invitation of Mr. Ahmed Alkhalifa, President of Bahrain Customs and WCO Vice-Chair for the North of Africa, Near and Middle East (MENA) region, the 47th Regional Meeting of Directors General of Customs was held in Cairo on 31 January 2018 with the support of the Egyptian Customs Administration.
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