1. WCO Asia/Pacific Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB A/P)
Efficient and Effective Customs for Seamless Transport Network in Eurasia (Maritime Transport)
Kazunari IGARASHI
Head
WCO Asia/Pacific Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB A/P)

2. WCO in Brief
Sole Intergovernmental Organization specialized in Customs matters
Established in 1952 as Customs Cooperation Council (CCC)
Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium
180 Members
Responsible for processing 98% of global trade

3. Preamble of the Convention Establishing a CCC (WCO) - 1950
to secure the highest degree of harmony and uniformity in Customs systems and study the problems related to development and improvement of Customs technique and Customs legislation
to promote co-operation between Governments in these matters, bearing in mind the economic and technical factors
Facilitating legitimate trade with efficient and effective Customs systems is a core mission of the WCO
Development of instruments and tools
Provision of technical assistance to implement thereof

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5. Revised Kyoto Convention
SAFE Framework of Standards
Risk Management Compendium
Integrity
Transit
Authorized Economic Operator
Time Release Study Guide
Revised Kyoto Convention
SMEs
Informal Sector
Data Model
Single Window Compendium
Globally Networked Customs
Coordinated Border Management
Information Exchange
A set of the existing WCO instruments, tools and standards

6. Highlight of some of the existing instruments and guides
Revised Kyoto Convention
Simplify and Harmonize Customs procedures
102 Contracting Parties
WCO Time Release Study Guide
Identify bottlenecks for Customs clearance
NOT for international comparison
Performance measurement
WCO Transit Handbook
Essential measures in RKC
Good practices by WCO Members
Multi-modal transport

7. WCO SAFE Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade
Customs – Customs Cooperation
Customs – Business Cooperation
Customs – Other Government Agencies
Authorize Economic Operator concept
Use of Pre-Loading Cargo Information
Conduct of pre-export control by Non-Intrusive Inspection equipment
Customs – Business Partnership Guidance
Recommended practices
Good practices by WCO Members
Globally Networked Customs Concept
A standardized way for Customs to exchange information
A building block for seamless transport network

8. Coordinated Border Management
Customs
Immigration
Agriculture
Transport
Port Authority
Quarantine
Environment
Other Border Agencies
WCO’s theme for 2015
Coordinated Border Management
Compendium
WCO CBM Compendium
Practical examples in WCO Members
Made available soon
WCO “Single Window” Compendium
Essential for CBM
Supplemented by WCO Data Model for standardizing data format

9. WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
Lead to the implementation of WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
WCO
Activities
ECP
RKC
WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement
WCO provides technical assistance to those in need under its “Mercator Program” (Launched in June 2014)

10. Thank you for your attention!
For more information
Kazunari Igarashi
Head of the WCO ROCB A/P