The following is excerpted from a 23 August 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.
At the invitation of Carolyn Tremain, the Chief Executive and Comptroller of the New Zealand Customs Service, the Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, visited Wellington for discussions on various Customs and trade issues from 21-22 August 2012.
Secretary General Mikuriya met the Minister for Customs, Maurice Williamson, to discuss a range of topics, including Customs’ role in ensuring the free flow of goods in international trade, the impact of export trade on economic recovery, new and exciting options offered by the use of new technology, and capacity building.
This report is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wcoomd.org/reports/?v=1&lid=1&cid=2&id=390