New shipment procedures for Bhutan
Source: Kuensel
With the border sealed, the government is tasked with ensuring the continuous supply of essential goods through Phuentsholing and avoiding the risk of Covid-19 from transporters entering the country.
Essentials arrive in Indian trucks to the mini dry port in Phuentsholing. The Indian drivers who drive the containers and trailers, clearing agent staffs and customs officials are the primary people involved at the mini dry port. The drivers are seen as potential carriers.
COVID-19: WCO launches an IPR CENcomm Group for data exchange on counterfeit medical supplies and fake medicines
Source: WCO
While the world is gripped by the fight against COVID-19, criminal organizations have turned this global pandemic into an opportunity to carry out their fraudulent activities, particularly by trafficking counterfeit medical supplies such as face masks and medical gloves.
Recognizing the importance of permanent and real-time exchange of relevant information to fight these criminal activities, the World Customs Organization (WCO) launched the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) CENcomm Group on the newly modernized CENcomm 3.0 platform.
WCO: COVID-19 Urgent Notice: counterfeit medical supplies and introduction of export controls on personal protective equipment
Source: WCO
The WCO reminds the general public to exercise extreme caution when purchasing critical medical supplies from unknown sources, particularly online. The use of these goods may cost lives.
While the world is gripped by the fight against COVID-19, criminals have turned this into an opportunity for fraudulent activity. There have been an alarming number of reports quoting seizures of counterfeit critical medical supplies, such as face masks and hand sanitizers in particular.
WCO: The Global Customs community mobilizes efforts to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
WCO approves Kuwait as Regional Customs Training Center
Source: MENAFN
World Customs Organization (WCO) and Kuwait signed a memorandum of understanding on establishing the organization's Regional Training Center in Kuwait, as a certified customs training body.
The memorandum was signed by WCO Secretary General Dr. Kunio Mikuriya and Director General of Kuwait General Administration of Customs Advisor Jamal Jalawi, after the 51st meeting of the Directors General of Customs for North of Africa, Near and Middle East (MENA) regions, held at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo.
US - Possible Changes to Inbound Mail: Customs Fees and Opioid Detection
Source: US Government Accountability Office
February 27, 2020
5th WCO Global AEO Conference Cancelled
Source: WCO
PRESS RELEASE
5th WCO Global AEO Conference cancelled
Brussels, Belgium – 14 February 2020
'The time to worry is now': The coronavirus in China could threaten pharma's ingredient sourcing
Source: STAT News
As a novel coronavirus spreads through China and rattles the rest of the world, the pharmaceutical industry is on guard over the adequacy of its global supply chain.