The following is excerpted from a 20 August 2012 report by the World Customs Organization.
At the invitation of Jitoko Tikolevu, CEO of the Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority (FRCA), Kunio Mikuriya, the Secretary General of the WCO, visited Suva, Fiji on 20 August 2012 for the opening ceremony of the WCO Regional Training Centre (RTC) hosted by the FRCA.
The following is from a 17 August 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
The following is excerpted from a 14 August 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.
On 14 August 2012, Bosnia and Herzegovina deposited its instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System) with the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO).
The following is excerpted from a 26 July 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
The General Council, during its meeting on 25-26 July 2012, agreed that the 9th WTO Ministerial Conference would be held in Bali, Indonesia in the first week of December 2013.
The following is excerpted from a 26 July 2012 press release by the World Trade Organization.
Sweden has made a contribution of CHF 4.6 million (SEK 32 million) to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) and CHF 107,000 (SEK 750,000) to the Trade Trust Fund. With these last two donations, Sweden’s overall contribution to the WTO trust funds has reached CHF 33.5 million.
The following is a 26 July 2012 press release from the World Trade Organization.
Today, at the General Council, Vanuatu officially notified the WTO that it had ratified its accession package which spells out its membership terms. Vanuatu will join the WTO as a full-fledged member on 24 August 2012, becoming the 157th member of the WTO.
The following is a 26 July 2012 news item from the World Trade Organization.
In July 2012, the WTO updated its 2011 exports and imports data for world merchandise trade and for trade in commercial services in the WTO’s Statistics Database. For an overview of the key figures, see the latest issue of the WTO’s statistical newsletter, StatTALK.
The following is a 25 July 2012 news item from the World Trade Organization.
WTO members, meeting as the General Council on 25 July 2012, formally approved new guidelines to enable least developed countries to negotiate membership of the WTO more quickly and easily.
The following is excerpted from a 25 July 2012 press release by the World Customs Organization.
The following is excerpted from a 23 July 2012 news item by the World Trade Organization.
At the request of the United States, the European Union and Japan, the Dispute Settlement Body established on 23 July 2012 a panel to consider China’s exports of rare earths, tungsten and molybdenum.
