At the invitation of the Maldives Customs Service (MCS), the WCO organized a national workshop on Post Clearance Audit (PCA) in Male’, Maldives, from 24 to 28 May 2015. The event was funded by the WTO Enhanced Integrated Framework and facilitated by a WCO …
The WCO Secretary General, Kunio Mikuriya, participated at the 11th Meeting of the ASEM Customs Directors- General/Commissioners' Meeting held in Goa, India from 7 to 9 October 2015. The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an informal process of dialogue and …
Press Release 27 October 2015 Around 700 participants from Customs administrations, law enforcement agencies, government ministries and the private sector gathered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands today, to attend the 5th WCO Technology and Innovation Forum, …
At the invitation of Mr. Alfonso Rojas, President of the Association of Professional Customs Brokers of the Americas (ASAPRA), WCO Deputy Secretary General Sergio Mujica attended the 46th General Assembly of ASAPRA held in Panama City, Panama, from 18 to …
At the invitation of the World Economic Forum, WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya participated in its annual meeting held in Davos from 20 to 23 January 2016 where he met global leaders, explained the role of Customs and contributed to various sessions. …
11 April 2024, Hiroshima, Japan – Olha Vovchok, from Cherkasy, Ukraine, is an alumna of the UNITAR training programme “Bolstering Livelihoods: Digital Reskilling for Ukrainian Women Evacuees in Poland”. Olha participated in this programme in hopes of …
2 April 2024, Online - The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in partnership with Technological University Dublin and Çağ Üniversitesi, launches its inaugural executive course: Sustainability Programme for Global Changemakers: …
The World Customs Organization (WCO) organized the inaugural National Workshop on Rules of Origin for the Mongolian Customs General Administration (MCGA) from 25 to 29 March 2024, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The main objective of this workshop, funded by the …
With the financial support of the Japan Customs Cooperation fund, a mission recently took place in Hanoi, Vietnam under the umbrella of the WCO’s Revenue Package programme, designed to assist Customs administrations in the identification and collection of …
With sponsorship of the German Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF/Germany), a WCO National Workshop on the Tariff Classification of Dairy Products, Food Supplements and Multi-functional High-tech Devices was held in the headquarters of the Customs …
Namibia Customs and Excise hosted a WCO Revenue Package national Workshop from 30 June to 3 July 2015 in Windhoek with the aim of preparing the Administration for the implementation of an advance ruling system for classification and origin, as required …
From 23 to 27 November 2015, a workshop took place in Accra, Ghana for English-speaking Customs administrations in the WCO’s West and Central Africa and Southern and Eastern Africa Regions. The workshop, hosted by the Ghana Revenue Authority, was …
The first WCO Regional Workshop on Revenue Package and Advance Rulings, funded by CCF Japan, was held in Melaka, Malaysia from 25 to 29 January 2016. It was carried out at the Royal Malaysian Customs Academy (AKMAL) and officially opened by welcoming …
The WCO recently conducted two back-to-back missions for the Swaziland Revenue Authority (SRA), focusing on the areas of classification, origin and valuation. During the first week, from 15 to 19 February 2016, WCO facilitators carried out a diagnostic …
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has made the "Technical Guidelines on Advance Rulings for Classification, Origin and Valuation" publicly available. These guidelines were developed in order to support the implementation of Article 3 (Advance …
The Diagnostic Tool on Tariff Classification, Valuation and Origin Work and Related Infrastructure has been updated. Taking into account the findings from the practical application of the Diagnostic Tool in several WCO missions, changes have been made …
A WCO Revenue Package national workshop to prepare for the implementation of an advance ruling system for tariff classification, origin and Customs valuation, in accordance with the provisions of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, was held in Amman, …
A WCO Revenue Package national Workshop on the development of an Advance Ruling system for classification and origin, funded by CCF Korea, was held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 27 to 31 March 2017. Twenty-eight Customs officers participated in the Workshop, …
At the request of the General Department of Customs and Excise of Cambodia (GDCE), the WCO conducted a mission with the aim of strengthening the Customs’ infrastructure for Valuation and Origin controls in Phnom Penh between 27 November and 1 December. The …
The WCO supports the Directorate General of Customs (DGD) of Côte d’Ivoire in its efforts to strengthen its tariff classification and Customs valuation control infrastructure, which will enable it to carry out its work effectively and independently. The …
