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The World Customs Organization’s Private Sector Consultative Group presented a paper to the WCO Secretary General with recommendations for responses to the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. IFCBA representatives Jaime King, who is the PSCG’s current Vice-Chair and Carol West, a Past Chair…
Source: WCO On 15 April 2020, the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) sent a joint letter to inform their respective Members of the actions taken by the WCO and the UPU in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, emphasizing that coordination between Customs…
Source: WCO In late 2019, the first outbreak of what has now become known globally as the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported. On 11 March 2020, the COVID-19 outbreak was categorized by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) as a pandemic. The spread of the COVID-19…
These are challenging times for all of us no matter where we live in the world. With so much uncertainty and in the interests of all IFCBA members, the decision has been made to postpone the IFCBA 2020 Global Trade Seminar Series originally scheduled for June 2020. The new dates for our 2020 event…
Source: WTO World trade is expected to fall by between 13% and 32% in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts normal economic activity and life around the world. The wide range of possibilities for the predicted decline is explained by the unprecedented nature of this health crisis and the…
Source: WCO To respond to the unprecedented demand in medical supplies amid the current global COVID-19 pandemic around the world, and in order to help countries speed up the cross-border movement of these critical products, the WCO and the World Health Organization (WHO) joined hands to strengthen…
Source: WCO The heads of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a joint statement on 6 April pledging to work together to facilitate trade in essential goods such as medical supplies, food, and energy. WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya and WTO…
Source: WCO List of Temporary Import Supports by country List of Temporary Export Restrictions by country
Source: reliefweb I. General background In light of the current novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) global pandemic (COVID-19), the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the…