The following is excerpted from an 11 May 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.
At the invitation of the Director General of Thai Customs, Somchai Poolsavasdi, in his capacity as Vice-Chair for the WCO Asia Pacific region, the Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, attended the 14th WCO Asia PacificRegional Heads of Customs Administrations Conference held in Samui, Thailand from 8 to 11 May 2012. The Conference was opened by Thailand’s Deputy Minister of Finance, Tanusak Lek-uthai, who appreciated the important work being done by the WCO and Customs administrations in the region.
This report is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/reports/?v=1&lid=1&cid=2&id=373