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WCO launches its online academy for the trade community

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WCO steps up efforts to promote gender equality and diversity

By Johanna Törnström, Project Coordinator, Capacity Building Directorate, WCO

Dossier: The Harmonized System from every angle

The Harmonized System, 30 years old and still going strong!

By Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, WCO

An HS expert shares some personal reflections

By Jørn Hindsdal, Denmark

Is the HS still fit for purpose?

By Gael Grooby, Deputy Director, Tariff and Trade Affairs Directorate, WCO

Building a classification infrastructure: the Ghanaian experience

By Ena Blege, Head of Classification, Technical Services Bureau, Ghana Customs

Role of the HS in the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

By the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The importance of the HS to tariff classification: thoughts from the IFCBA

By the International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations

The HS lights the way for traders

By Beth Jenior, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

How industry engages on classification matters at the WCO

By the International Chamber of Commerce

Storage and destruction of counterfeit goods: the safety and environmental challenges

Focus: Illicit Financial Flows

Wrap-up of the WCO Conference on Illicit Financial Flows and Trade Mis-Invoicing

Overview of German Customs’ fight against illicit financial flows

By the German Central Customs Authority

Trade in minerals: Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone launch a Customs verification portal

By Aasmund Andersen, Revenue Development Foundation, and Janne Kaiser-Tedesco, German Development Agency (GIZ), and Louis Marechal, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Burkina Faso: the problem of gold smuggling

By Évariste Somda, Head of PCA, Burkina Faso Customs

Serbia’s valiant efforts to protect cultural heritage

By Serbian Customs

Rethinking training: a visit to the Netherlands Customs National Training Centre

WCO Asia Pacific Security Project: activity update

Brazil’s new integrated risk management solutions

By Gustavo Lacerda Coutinho, Technical Manager of the Customs IT Development Team, and Jorge Eduardo de Schoucair Jambeiro Filho, Head of Artificial Intelligence for Customs Systems, Department of Federal Revenue of Brazil

WCO C-RED Project: unprecedented cooperation between Customs administrations and humanitarian organizations to develop a more effective response to epidemics

By Eve Gerard, WCO C-RED Project Manager

Women in Customs: spotlight on the career of Emilienne Pambo Bouassa

Assessing the clearance process: India shares its experience

By Vijay Singh Chauhan, Commissioner of Customs, Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, India

Cultural goods: insight from the Netherlands on the value of collaboration

By Marja van Heese, Senior inspector, Cultural Heritage Inspectorate, The Netherlands

Clearance of express cargo and postal items: Korea tests new analytical tools to root out fraud

By Taeil Kang, Director General, Korea Customs Service

Highlights from the 4th WCO Global AEO Conference

By James Barungi, Uganda Revenue Authority, and Asha Menon, WCO