World Customs

Customs aspects to consider in your strategic sourcing

26/03/2023 09:27 World Customs

Incorporating customs considerations into your purchasing strategy can have significant benefits.

Egyptian customs thwart drug smuggling attempt

23/03/2023 10:24 World Customs

Egyptian customs thwarted an attempt to smuggle drugs into the country after an English passenger drew the attention of officials at Hurghada International Airport.

ASEAN Customs strengthen capacity for Customs Modernization

22/03/2023 15:52 World Customs

VCN- The 32nd session of the ASEAN Customs Capacity Building Working Group (CCBWG) ended successfully after three working days from 14 to 16 March 2023. The ten Customs administrations of ASEAN Member States (AMS) and the ASEAN Secretariat attended the meeting chaired by Mr Oentarto Wibowo, Director of Indonesian Customs and Excise Education and Training Center.

Egypt customs officers thwart attempts to smuggle antiques, gold bars

22/03/2023 11:54 World Customs

Customs officers at Borg El-Arab International Airport in Alexandria thwarted an attempt to smuggle 13 antique metal pieces into Egypt dating back to the Greco-Roman era (332 BC–395 AD), hidden in the baggage of a Libyan passenger arriving from Benghazi.

Customs nabs Kozhikode woman with gold worth Rs 1 crore hidden in undergarment

15/03/2023 16:22 World Customs

The Customs on Monday seized gold worth Rs 1 crore at the Calicut International Airport from a woman who was attempting to smuggle by hiding the packets inside her undergarment.

Saudi customs clearance time reduced to just 2 hours: Official

18/02/2023 10:59 World Customs

Saudi Arabia has reduced customs clearance time by 84 percent to just two hours by the end of 2022, down from 13 hours the previous year, the director general of Customs Operations Department at the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority revealed on Thursday.

Hong Kong customs busts city’s largest sea smuggling case of 2022

17:46 | 29/12/2022 World Customs

Hong Kong Customs foiled an attempt to smuggle to the Chinese mainland various goods worth HK$300 million ($38.22 million), the city’s largest sea smuggling case this year.

Taiwan, Germany launch reciprocal automated customs clearance program - Focus Taiwan

10:25 | 20/12/2022 World Customs

Taipei, Dec. 12 (CNA) Taiwan and Germany have launched a program that allows reciprocal access to automated customs clearance, making Taiwan the fourth non-European Union country granted the privilege by Germany, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) announced on Monday.

Driving Customs performance with data and technology in changing landscape of global trade

10:48 | 02/11/2022 World Customs

VCN - The conference is one of the key annual events of the WCO, jointly held by the WCO and the Customs Administration of the Netherlands, under the theme “Driving Customs performance with data and technology in the changing landscape of global trade”.

Amid rampant smuggling from Myanmar, Customs facing manpower shortage

17:28 | 31/10/2022 World Customs

Smuggling of drugs, tobacco products, gold, and exotic animals from Myanmar is rampant in the northeast, especially Mizoram, but the Customs Department is facing shortage of manpower and inadequate warehouses.

The WCO successfully holds its 18th Global Information and Intelligence Strategy Project Group

16:04 | 12/10/2022 World Customs

On 6 and 7 October 2022, the WCO welcomed Members to the 18th Global Information and Intelligence Strategy Project Group (GIIS), both in person at the WCO headquarters and on-line via the Zoom platform. The Meeting counted a record participation of around

Customs seize HK$14m cocaine inside cotton linters, three arrested

15:01 | 19/09/2022 World Customs

Hong Kong Customs arrested three men last week after seizing cocaine with a market value of HK$14 million in two seaborne containers arriving from Brazil.

Airlines to give international traveller data to Customs

14:21 | 17/08/2022 World Customs

The data can be shared with any law enforcement agency, government departments within or outside India

French Customs Seize 582 Kilos Of Cocaine In Container From Martinique

19:47 | 15/08/2022 World Customs

French Customs Officers at the port of Marseille have seized 528 kilos of cocaine with an estimated street value of 37 million Euros in a moving container from Martinique.

3,500 businesses risk losing ability to import goods

10:37 | 04/08/2022 World Customs

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding businesses that they must use the Customs Declaration Service for import declarations from 1 October 2022.

CBP and Customs Administrations Agree on Strengthening Supply Chain Security

09:27 | 28/07/2022 World Customs

ANAHEIM, California— Today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) with the customs administration of Uruguay and also signed a Joint Work Plan (JWP) with the customs administrations of Guatemala and Colombia at the Trade Facilitation and Cargo Security Summit.

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