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23 十二月 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO), under the sponsorship of the Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) Eurocustoms, organized a Revenue Package National Workshop for the Directorate General of Customs of Oman on the development of an Advance Ruling System for Classification and Origin as set out in the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.
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23 十二月 2019
A regional Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) and Mutual Recognition Arrangements / Agreements (MRAs) Workshop on Raising Awareness for Development of Regional Cooperation & Strategy for the WCO Asia/Pacific region was held at the Customs Training Institute (CTI) of the Japan Customs, from 16 to 20 December 2019.
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23 十二月 2019
Around 40 experts from Customs administrations and postal operators met in Bern, Switzerland on 10 and 11 December 2019 in the framework of the WCO-UPU Contact Committee, where participants discussed the challenges and way forward related to the implementation of electronic advance data (EAD) exchange, how to secure data quality, cooperation between Customs and Posts, potential integration and harmonization of the data of CN22/23, etc.
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20 十二月 2019
Quantifying risk is a vital for customs to achieve a balance between facilitation and control. In order to improve the accuracy of risk assessment methods, it is very essential for Customs to perform a risk assessment with Data Analytics.
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20 十二月 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO) held its second Global Meeting of Integrity Experts from 16 to 19 December 2019 at the WCO Regional Training Center (RTC) in Xiamen, China.
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20 十二月 2019
From 10 to 13 December, a national training workshop was held in Niamey, Niger, for experts and trainers from Niger’s General Directorate of Customs.
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19 十二月 2019
The WCO issues its 2018 Illicit Trade Report
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19 十二月 2019
The World Customs Organization organized, with the support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of China, a national workshop on Customs valuation for the benefit of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA).
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17 十二月 2019
Under the umbrella of the West and Central Africa Security Project the World Customs Organization (WCO) hosted a Security Conference entitled, ‘African perspective on security challenges’ at the WCO headquarters in Brussels.
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13 十二月 2019
The WCO Secretariat organized an in-house event on December 9th to commemorate “International Anti-Corruption Day.”
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13 十二月 2019
Within the framework of the SECO-WCO Global Trade Facilitation Programme (GTFP), the WCO delivered a national workshop on risk management to support the efforts of the Customs Administration of Colombia, Dirección the Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales (DIAN), in enhancing its Risk Management System and on the features that the proposed new model should contemplate.
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11 十二月 2019
The WCO Secretary General, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, met with the Chair of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 Committee (UNSCR 1540), H.E. Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, in New York, United States, on 6 December 2019.
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11 十二月 2019
Japan Customs hosted the annual meeting of the WCO Electronic Crime Experts Group (ECEG) in Tokyo, Japan from 3 to 5 December 2019.
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10 十二月 2019
Operation DEMETER V, which was conducted from 1 to 30 September 2019, saw Customs administrations’ efforts turned to monitoring and controlling cross-border movements of environmentally sensitive commodities, and ensuring compliance with trade-related provisions stipulated by Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), such as the Basel Convention and the Montreal Protocol.
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10 十二月 2019
A diagnostic mission and a technical assistance mission visited Vietnam in April and November 2019 respectively with the objective to provide support to the General Department of Vietnam Customs with its strategic Risk Management framework in the field of Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT).
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10 十二月 2019
The WCO Capacity Building organized a Leadership and Management Top Executive Retreat (TER) for the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) from 1 to 4 December 2019 near Chisamba, Zambia.
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09 十二月 2019
WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya visited the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 6 December 2019 to participate in an interactive panel discussion to promote trade, trade facilitation and structural economic transformation in Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs).
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09 十二月 2019
With the support of Kenya Revenue Authority, a WCO Regional Workshop on Preferential Rules of Origin for English Speaking Least Developing Countries (LDCs), funded by India Customs Cooperation Fund, was held at the Regional Training Centre in Mombasa, Kenya, from 3 to 6 December 2019.
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09 十二月 2019
The WCO is pleased to announce the publication of the 16thIntegrity Newsletter.
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09 十二月 2019
As part of the corporate plan of the WCO Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB) in the Europe Region, the WCO conducted a national Training-of-Trainers (TOT) Workshop.
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09 十二月 2019
At the request of the Maldives Customs Service (MCS), and with the support of the Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) of Japan, the WCO conducted a diagnostic support mission on the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) from 18 to 27 of November 2019 in Male, Maldives.
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09 十二月 2019
International Anti-Corruption Day has been observed annually since the passage of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) in 2003. It aims to raise public awareness for the need to combat corruption, particularly as it is one of the biggest impediments to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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05 十二月 2019
At the kind invitation of the Korea Customs Service (KCS), the Policy Commission held its 82nd Session in Seoul, Republic of Korea, from 3 to 5 December 2019 under the chairmanship of Mr. Dicksons Kateshumbwa, Director General of Uganda Customs.
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04 十二月 2019
Under the auspices of the WCO-Finland ESA Regional Project II and the HRMC Mercator Programme, the World Customs Organisation (WCO) conducted an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Validation Training workshop from 25 to 28 November 2019 in Blantyre, Malawi.
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04 十二月 2019
The first regional meeting of the National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs) in Latin America took place from 25-29 November in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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04 十二月 2019
On 28 November 2019, the WCO hosted a delegation from the Centre for Global Governance Studies of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), a renowned academic institution in Belgium.
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03 十二月 2019
A Study Visit of eleven officers from Ukrainian Customs (State Fiscal Service) and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS), jointly organized by the UNODC-WCO Container Control Program (CCP) and the Israel Customs Directorate took place in Haifa, Israel on November 26-28, 2019.
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02 十二月 2019
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project, the WCO visited Kigali, Rwanda from 25-27 November 2019 to conduct a joint training workshop with the Programme Global Shield (PGS) national trainers of the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA).
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02 十二月 2019
On 29th November, the WCO and Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) signed an addendum to the initial Grant Agreement to expand funds for the WCO Anti-Corruption and Integrity Promotion (A-CIP) Programme for Customs, bringing Norway’s total contribution from EUR 5m to nearly EUR 8m.
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02 十二月 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO) successfully organized a workshop on the Risk Management and Advance Cargo Information System (ACIS) at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Joint Regional Communications Centre (JRCC) in Bridgetown, Barbados from 18 to 20 November 2019.
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02 十二月 2019
WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Shenzhen, China on 26 November 2019 to speak at a debriefing on environmental operations, co-organized by the WCO and China Customs. The debriefing on Operation Thunderball against wildlife smuggling, co-organized with INTERPOL - and with the support of other partners from the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) -, and on Operation Demeter V to enhance control of transboundary shipments of waste, with specific focus on plastic waste as well as Ozone Depleting Substances, both carried out this year, showcased Customs’ contribution to environmental sustainability and partnerships with environmental agencies, other law enforcement agencies and additional partners.
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