WCO Secretary General, U.S. Officials Discuss Customs Issues at Meeting
World Customs Organization Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya recently addressed a U.S. interagency committee on WCO matters at the invitation of CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske, said the WCO on Oct. 22. Mikuriya highlighted “the importance of enhanced coordination in reducing transaction…
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costs,” a well as WCO work on creating “standards and tools to address evolving and emerging risks in the global supply chain, including revenue, drugs, intellectual property and health and safety of consumers, security, and the environment, said the WCO. Members of the interagency committee raised issues including the need for political support for meaningful reform; coordinated operational activity, risk management and cargo targeting systems; enforcement follow-up including investigation and sharing information with other authorities; environmental protection; strategic goods control and consumer protection; global recovery standards; disaster relief including the response to issues such as the current Ebola outbreak; the use of product identification codes; and private sector consultation, said the WCO release.