WCO Secretariat celebrates International Customs Day 2023
BRUSSELS : On 26 January, the Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) celebrated the International Customs Day at its Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The celebration was supported by Belgium Customs. This year also
CBIC celebrates International Customs Day, 2023
NEW DELHI : The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) and all its field formations observed the International Customs Day, 2023 on 26th January 2023. The theme for this year, as given
WCO Secretary General addresses EU Customs representatives
LONDON : At the invitation of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, spoke at the EU’s Working Party on Customs
WCO contributions at World Economic Forum 2023
BRUSSELS : At the invitation of the World Economic Forum, Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), attended its Annual Meeting from 16 to 20 January 2023 under the theme
Customs duty hike on dozens of items probably in the upcoming Union Budget 2023-24
NEW DELHI : Budget 2023: The government has zeroed in on dozens of products across sectors — including aviation, electronics, steel and industry — for possible customs duty hike in the Budget for FY24
Regional consultation on WCO modernization with the WCA region
BRUSSLES : The WCO conducted its fifth regional consultation on WCO modernization with the West and Central Africa (WCA) region, recently. Several Member administrations and the Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB) for WCA
COLIBRI Project: the WCO and AFIP sign a Memorandum of Cooperation
BRUSSELS : The World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Federal Administration of Public Revenue of the Argentine Republic (AFIP) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to strengthen their partnership, under the COLIBRI Project,
Senior bureaucrat Vivek Johri appointed as CBIC Chairman
NEW DELHI : Senior bureaucrat Vivek Johri has been appointed as the Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), an order issued by the personnel ministry said. Johri, a 1985-batch