132nd Annual Session of World Customs Organization Council ends in Belgium

The 132nd Annual Session of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Council – the Organization’s highest decision-making body – took place in Brussels, Belgium from 28 to 30 June 2018.

• China customs expanding checks on U.S. fruit imports

  U.S. growers may look to resell produce in Canada, elsewhere

• Customs Seizes Package With 269 Pieces of Counterfeit Jewelry

  On March 6, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia seized a package with 269 pieces of counterfeit designer brand jewelry.

• Tokyo Customs seizes biggest stimulants haul in mail from U.S

  Tokyo Customs intercepted Japan’s single biggest haul of illegal stimulant drugs sent by international mail, weighing 64 kilograms with a street value of 4.1 billion ...

• Stakeholders seek complete reforms in shipping sector

  Concerned stakeholders, including clearing agents and industrialists in the country have called for complete reforms in the maritime sector in order to restore its lost ...

• Dubai Customs smart innovations increase customs transactions

  Port Rashid has dealt with 606,922 transactions in the first nine months of 2017. Electronic clearance had the lion’s share of these transactions with 438,220 ...

• Customs and Border Patrol officers seize six tons of narcotics in 24-hour period

  During a 24-hour period last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted a total of 12,215 pounds of narcotics valued at more than $9.1 ...

• KLIA Customs seizes Hong Kong-bound Pangolin scales worth RM4.4m

  SEPANG: Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)'s Customs Department has seized 337kg of smuggled Pangolin scales from Sabah and Sarawak, worth RM4.4 million.

• Guam streamlines customs form

  Guam's new customs declaration form is smaller and has new questions about service animals, pets and importing more than five cartons of cigarettes, government of Guam officials ...

• Fake customs receipts costing Malaysian Customs hundreds of millions in revenue

  PETALING JAYA (The Star/Asia News Network): Several syndicates are forging the Customs Official Receipt (COR) and siphoning out hundreds of millions of ringgit in revenue ...

• These are the Dubai laws and customs you need to know about

  After reports of a woman being arrested for sex outside marriage, the things that are illegal in Dubai