Activities

The Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG) met for its 44th session at the WCO headquarters on 25 and 26 June with the participation of delegates from 14 PSCG members. The group reviewed ongoing work, discussed future activities and prepared for the PSCG...

At the invitation of the Secretariat of the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD, Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, WCO Deputy Secretary General, attended the ITF Summit 2018 held in Leipzig, Germany, from 23 to 25 May 2018. The ITF Summit 2018 is the world’s...

At the invitation of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the International Association of Authorized Economic Operators (AEO), the WCO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, attended the 2018 AEO International Conference and...

At the invitation of the French Government, WCO Deputy Secretary General Ricardo Treviño Chapa attended the “No Money for Terror” Conference held in the OECD Headquarters in Paris, France, on Thursday 26 April 2018. This Conference aimed to assist Governments in...

The WCO Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Ricardo Treviño Chapa, attended the WCO-COMALEP Private Sector Meeting entitled “Coordinated Border Management: A pending challenge”, as well as the XXXIXth Meeting of Customs National Directors of Latin America, Spain and...

The 17th session of the WCO Integrity Sub-committee was held on 1 and 2 March 2018 with the theme “SECURITY AND INTEGRITY: Curbing Threats, Leveraging Opportunities”. Approximately 150 delegates representing Member administrations and stakeholder organizations took part in the 17th session of the Integrity Sub-committee (ISC).

A special commemoration session celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Harmonized System (HS) Convention was held in Brussels on 6th March 2018 at the beginning of the 61st Session of the HS Committee, with around 150 representatives from Member administrations, international organizations, invited guests and the WCO Secretariat.

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.

Ricardo Treviño Chapa, the current Administrator General of Mexico Customs, was elected Deputy Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) on 14 December 2017. He will take up his post at the Secretariat on 1 January 2018.