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28 二月 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO) Asia/Pacific Security Project (APSP) conducted its third WCO Sub-Regional Train-the-Trainer Workshop on Programme Global Shield (PGS) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 12 to 22 February 2019. 16 participants from seven countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam) attended the event, which was funded by the Government of Japan and co-hosted by the WCO and the Royal Malaysian Customs Department (RMCD).
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28 二月 2019
In the framework of the WCO-UNODC Container Control Programme (CCP), the WCO held two specialized training courses on CITES and PITCH (Preventing Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage) for the Air Cargo Control Unit (ACCU) at José Martí International Airport in Havana and Port Control Unit (PCU) in Mariel seaport.
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28 二月 2019
In February 2019, RILO WE (Western Europe) welcomed their National Contact Point (NCP) Mario Briffa from Malta Customs for a two-day CEN training in the office in Cologne/Germany.
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27 二月 2019
The Steering Committee overlooking the WCO - ESA Project II held its first meeting of the year from 19 to 21 February 2019, in Kasane, Botswana, under the chairmanship of the Vice-Chair of the ESA Region, Mr. Dicksons Kateshumbwa, Commissioner of Customs, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and in the presence of WCO Deputy Secretary General Ricardo Treviño Chapa, to monitor the progress achieved in the project’s implementation and to develop the action plan for the first half of 2019.
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27 二月 2019
Given their uses in a wide variety of consumer goods ranging from mobile phones to toys to cars, the transportation of lithium batteries by air - be it cargo or passenger baggage – has been increasing.
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27 二月 2019
The 17th Session of the Administrative Committee for the Customs Convention on Containers, 1972 was held on 25-26 February 2019 at the WCO Headquarters in Brussels.
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26 二月 2019
The WCO has published the 88th 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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26 二月 2019
The Royal Oman Police, represented by the Directorate General of Customs, recently won the Sultan Qaboos Award of the best integrated government project for proficiency in e-government services for its Bayan project which is a mini electronic government programme consisting of three main systems.
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26 二月 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO), within the framework of the agreement between the WCO and Bahamas Customs and Excise Department (BCED) and funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), organized a National Workshop on the development of an advance ruling system for classification, origin and valuation.
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26 二月 2019
The WCO Working Group on E-Commerce (WGEC) held its fifth and final Meeting from 18 to 22 February 2019 that brought together over 175 delegates from Customs administrations, other government agencies, the private sector, other international organizations, e-vendors/platforms/marketplaces, express carriers, postal operators, freight forwarders, Customs brokers and academia.
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25 二月 2019
Malta Customs maximizes opportunities for small island economies
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25 二月 2019
The WCO conducted an IT diagnostic mission and WCO Data Model Workshop from 3 – 7 February 2019 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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25 二月 2019
After becoming the most recent Caribbean WCO Member, Antigua & Barbuda is also one of the most active.
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25 二月 2019
The WCO conducted a Risk Management Workshop for the benefit of the Thai Customs Department in Bangkok, Thailand from 21 to 25 January 2019.
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21 二月 2019
Under the sponsorship of CCF China, the WCO organised a Regional Workshop on Customs laboratories for the benefit of MENA region members.
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21 二月 2019
From 11 to 15 February 2019, the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) held a third joint Workshop on Air Cargo Security and Facilitation.
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20 二月 2019
WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York on 18 February and 19 February 2019 to explain WCO’s contributions and to deepen the engagement with various UN agencies.
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20 二月 2019
Following the recommendations of the 2016 Mercator Programme Diagnostic Report for Bangladesh, the WCO delivered a PCA diagnostic for the National Board of Revenue in Dhaka 4-7 February 2019.
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20 二月 2019
The WCO delivered an e-learning mission in Baku, Azerbaijan from 31 January to 5 February 2019, for the benefit of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SCC).
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18 二月 2019
WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya attended the Munich Security Conference held on 16 February 2019 in Munich, Germany, to share Customs’ efforts in addressing the challenges posed by the illicit movements of goods and currency from a border security perspective.
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18 二月 2019
The 3rd Regional Training of Trainers (ToT) Workshop on the WCO Economic Competitiveness Package (ECP) was held at the Regional Training Centre (RTC) in Mombasa, Kenya from 5 to 13 February 2019, under the WCO-ESA Project II.
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18 二月 2019
On 11 February 2019, new collective efforts among six Customs administrations in West Africa to create an “experts pool” on Intelligence Analysis were launched in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, with the objective of further enhancing Customs control, trade facilitation and revenue collection in West Africa through intelligence-driven risk management.
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13 二月 2019
On 11 and12 February 2019, the 13th Audit Committee meeting took place at WCO Headquarters under the Chairmanship of Mr. Bjørn Røse, Norway Customs. The meeting was attended by 10 of the 12 Audit Committee Members, and by the Chairperson of the Finance Committee as observer. The Secretariat was represented by Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, Deputy Secretary General.
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13 二月 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO) and Bahamas Customs and Excise Department (BCED) signed a multi-year agreement in December 2017.
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13 二月 2019
At the request of the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the WCO, with the support from Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) Eurocustoms, organized a National Workshop on ‘AEO implementation - criteria, requirements, validation process, and action plan’.
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12 二月 2019
The first WCO Global Accreditation Workshop on Human Resource Management (HRM) was conducted from 4th to 8th February 2019 in Brussels, with the sponsorship of the Customs Cooperation Fund of China (CCF-China).
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12 二月 2019
The Third Meeting of the WCO Working Group on the Comprehensive Review of the Revised Kyoto Convention (WGRKC) took place in Brussels from 6 to 8 February 2019, going on with substantial discussions on approximately 70 concept-based proposals from WCO Members (Australia, Bhutan, Brazil, Cuba, EU, Haiti, Japan, Morocco, Myanmar, South Africa, Thailand and Uruguay) regarding the comprehensive review of the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC). The Meeting paved a solid ground for further discussions.
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12 二月 2019
During the week of January 28 to February 1, the WCO facilitated a diagnostic mission of Customs and other border agencies of El Salvador, including a detailed assessment of its implementation of the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA), under the framework of WCO Mercator Programme.
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12 二月 2019
Under the framework of the Mercator Programme, the WCO has developed an advanced Post Clearance Audit (PCA) workshop package to enhance the audit capacities of Members according to WCO guidelines.
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11 二月 2019
The World Customs Organization (WCO) with the support of the Customs Cooperation Fund of China (CCF China) conducted a 4-day ‘National Workshop on ICT and AEO Programme’ from 29 January to 1 February 2019 in Karachi, Pakistan.
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08 二月 2019
The second meeting of National Contact Points (NCPs) for Capacity Building in the WCO Europe Region was held from 28 to 30 January 2019 at the WCO Europe Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB), in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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07 二月 2019
A WCO Revenue Package national Workshop on the development of an Advance Ruling System for Classification, funded by the Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF) Finland, under the WCO-Finland ESA project II, was held in Harare, Zimbabwe, from 28 January to 1 February 2019.
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07 二月 2019
Under the auspices of the Finish Government to support Burundi Customs Administration to conduct a Time Release Study (TRS), the WCO participated in TRS Work Session mission which took place in Bujumbura, Burundi, from 28 January to 1 February 2019.
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06 二月 2019
The overall goal of the SGIP II is to contribute to Ghana’s socio-economic development through promoting the use and protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs). The aim of the Workshop is to improve protection and enforcement of IPRs and safeguarding consumers from substandard goods.
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05 二月 2019
From 28 to 30 January 2019, the WCO, with the financial support of the Japan Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF Japan) and in cooperation with Morocco Customs, held a WCO Regional Workshop on Free Zones/Special Customs Zones (SCZs).
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04 二月 2019
Under the auspices of the WCO/JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Joint Project to support trade facilitation and border control in Africa, a Sub-regional Training-of-Trainer Workshop on Programme Global Shield (PGS) in East Africa was held in Kampala, Uganda, from 22-30 January 2019.
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