ACT Admin
E-commerce driving parcel service boom
Global parcel demand grew more than 7% in 2015 and the industry is expected to achieve even stronger growth over the next few years,...
Samoa becomes 105th contracting party to Revised Kyoto Convention
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World Customs Organization (WCO) Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya received the instruments of accession of Samoa to the International Convention on the...
Singapore industrial output up 6.7% in September
Singapore’s manufacturing production increased 6.7% in September 2016 as almost all but the chemicals and transport engineering clusters rose year-over-year, according to the Singapore...
$460M cash, weapons seized in global counter-smuggling operation
Article first appeared on www.wcoomd.org.
More than USD 460 million in cash and bearer negotiable instruments (BNIs) and some 300 weapons have been seized in...
WCO releases guidelines on customs-tax cooperation
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The World Customs Organization (WCO) released Guidelines for strengthening cooperation and exchange of information between Customs and Tax authorities at the national level....
ICAO, WCO hold workshop on air cargo security and facilitation
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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) conducted a second joint Workshop on Air Cargo Security and...
New PH Customs order implements advance ruling system
The customs order that establishes an advance ruling system for valuation and rules of origin (RO) concerning import and export merchandise in the Philippines...
Vietnam’s NSW for aviation for rollout Jan 2017
The General Department of Customs of Vietnam announced it is launching the National Single Window (NSW) for the aviation industry early next year.
The NSW for...
Argentina’s new law favoring local auto components questioned at WTO meet
Several World Trade Organization members raised issue with Argentina’s new law that offers tax incentives to automakers that give preference to the use of...
PH Customs At A Crossroads: Policy and Regulatory Recommendations
This is the last part of a four-part article outlining the major problems confronting the Philippine Bureau of Customs; the previous efforts to reform...
