Activities

At the kind invitation of the Indian Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), the Policy Commission held its 80th Session in Mumbai from 3 to 5 December under the chairmanship of Mr. Enrique Canon, Director General of Uruguay Customs.   The...

WCO Deputy Secretary General Ricardo Treviño Chapa attended the debriefing of Operation Demeter IV, held in Shanghai, China on 20 November 2018. This event, organized and hosted by the General Administration of China Customs (GACC), was also attended, among others, by...

The 28th WCO Asia/Pacific Regional Contact Points Meeting was held from 14 to 16 November 2018 in Jaipur, India. The objectives of the meeting were for the delegates from the Asia/Pacific region to discuss issues of common interest of the region and to exchange their...

On 13 and 14 November 2018, the WCO completed its regional consultation process on the Strategic Plan 2019/2022 with the 6th regional workshop held in Jaipur, India, Asia/Pacific (A/P) region.  The workshop was jointly chaired by Mr. Ricardo Treviño...

On 9 November 2018 the WCO hosted the Global Conference on the Comprehensive Review of the RKC which gathered close to 150 experts from Member Customs administrations, partner international organizations, regional organizations, industry associations, the private...

The World Customs Organization (WCO) held its first Global Integrity Experts Meeting from 23-26 October 2018, with funding support from the China Customs Cooperation Fund.  The primary objective of this meeting was to support the growing needs...

Consultation with Members on the new Strategic Plan continued with the North of Africa, Near and Middle East (MENA) region.  Jordan Customs hosted the fifth regional workshop, held in Amman, Jordan, on 5 November 2018. The workshop was jointly chaired by Mr....

The fourth regional workshop on the WCO Strategic Plan 2019/2022 took place in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 29 and 30 October 2018.  On this occasion, the WCO engaged with the West and Central Africa (WCA) region as a continuation of the consultation process approved by...

The WCO continued its Members’ consultation on the Strategic Plan 2019-2022 with a third regional meeting held in Kampala, Uganda, on 17 and 18 October 2018.  This workshop follows on from those already held in the Europe and Americas and Caribbean regions, as...