IFCBA Secretary Carol West spoke earlier this week at the World Customs Organization’s African Continental Conference on the Harmonized System. Asked to speak about “The Private Sector as an indispensable partner in the implementation and application of the HS”, she focused on “The Importance and Role of Customs Brokers”. All speakers were limited to 10 minutes.
Source: AZERTAC
As part of his working visit to Brussels, Azerbaijan`s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has met with Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Kunio Mikuriya.
During the meeting, the sides praised the current level of cooperation between the WCO and Azerbaijan, and discussed prospects for cooperation in new areas.
Source: WCO
The report on the inaugural round of the International Survey on Customs Administration (ISOCA) is now available on the WCO public website.
The data collected in this Survey is based on the combined efforts of 51 Customs administrations around the world, who provided information by completing an online questionnaire.
The Survey was developed and is managed jointly by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Source: WCO
The Directors General of Customs of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) met on 27 and 28 October 2021, via videoconference. The Meeting was chaired by Mr. Carlos Benguela, Director General of Customs of Sao Tome and Principe.
Representatives of the Community’s eight member countries shared their Administrations’ experiences in the areas of managing international transit, conducting WCO Time Release Studies and implementing the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Each presentation was followed by an exchange of views.
Source: WCO
A new version of the Harmonized System Nomenclature will enter into force on 1 January 2022 and is available here, https://www.wcotradetools.org/index.php/en/harmonized-system/2022/en
This morning, Jaime King, a past chair of the IFCBA and one of the IFCBA’s delegates to the WCO Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG) was elected as the PSCG Chair. This is for a three-year term. More details will follow, but we would like to congratulate Jaime on behalf of all IFCBA members around the world!
Paul Damkjaer, IFCBA Director from Australia and an IFCBA Managing Director, has provided us with the Winter 2021 edition (August) of the ABF Goods Compliance Update. IFCBA members are always interested in developments in other countries, and we hope you will find this of interest.
Source: TaxScan
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) notified that the license under Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations to be invalid, if the licensee is inactive for 1 year. The Board has notified the Customs Brokers Licensing (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 which seeks to amend Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018.
Source: WTO
The WTO issued the 2021 edition of World Tariff Profiles, a joint publication of the WTO, International Trade Centre and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The publication provides comprehensive information on the tariffs and non-tariff measures imposed by over 170 countries and customs territories.
