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WCO chief meets Myanmar customs, transport officials
World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya visited Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw in Myanmar from March 20 to 22, 2017 in furtherance of the...
Accreditation of VASPs subject of draft PH customs order
As mandated under the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA), a new order on the accreditation and regulation of information processors—also known as value-added...
ICTSI’s Laguna dry port gets accreditation as off-dock customs facility
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has certified the Laguna Gateway Inland Container Terminal, Inc. (LGICT), the dry port container-handling facility of International Container...
Zhengzhou Airport customs shaves inspection time for express mails
A new mode of inspecting outbound mails has been introduced at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport, successfully cutting down significantly inspection time at the principal...
Draft PH customs order sets rules on cargo manifest
The Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) have released a draft customs order that will implement measures relating to the...
Kuwait seeks to enhance relationship with ASEAN
Kuwait is keenly interested in enhancing cooperation with ASEAN and ASEAN member states, according to the new Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to ASEAN,...
PH Customs clarifies surcharge issue in undervaluation, misdeclaration cases
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has explained issues surrounding how surcharge should be applied in cases of undervaluation, misclassification, and misdeclaration as stipulated...
Kazakhstan to join ATA Carnet System
The Chamber of International Commerce of Kazakhstan will become the 76th guaranteeing organization member of the ICC World Chambers Federation (WCF) ATA international guarantee...
WCO releases E-commerce study
The World Customs Organization recently published a Study Report on E-Commerce, which compiles Customs administrations’ practices as well as their ongoing and/or future initiatives related to...
Palestine becomes 156th contracting party to Harmonized System Convention
Palestine recently deposited its instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System) with the Secretary General...
