The following is excerpted from a 14 November 2011 news release by the World Customs Organization.
The World Customs Organization (WCO) welcomes the outcomes of the 2011 APEC Leaders’ Meeting and Ministerial Meeting that took place last week in Honolulu, United States.
The Statement “The Honolulu Declaration - Toward a Seamless Regional Economy” released by APEC Leaders on 13 November builds on the 2010 Yokohama Vision and reaffirms their support to further open markets and facilitate trade, so as to strengthen regional economic integration and expanding trade, supported by the 11 November Statement of the 2011 APEC Ministers’ Meeting. Both Statements highlight the importance of various Customs-related issues in reducing the time, cost and uncertainly of moving goods in the Asia/Pacific region.
This release is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/press/?v=1&lid=1&cid=8&id=279