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DHS Encouraging Trading Partners to Use WCO Data Model

The Department of Homeland Security is pushing for global use of the World Customs Organization data model, the WCO said (here). The data model is "a set of combined data requirements that are updated on a regular basis to meet…

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the procedural and legal needs of cross-border regulatory agencies," said the WCO. "It includes information related to the context, content, structures, and technical solutions for information exchange, providing a common goal for trading partners to converge towards." The WCO also noted DHS's work toward completing the International Trade Data System by December 2016. The agency recently started a series of posts on the ITDS efforts (here), said the WCO.