Oceania Customs Organisation

EENI- School of International Business

Subject: The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO)
2. International Trade Management and Facilitation

The aims of the subject “The Oceania Customs Organisation” are the following:

1. To understand the purposes of the Oceania Customs Organisation
2. To know the trade facilitation programs (harmonisation, simplification of customs procedures)

Sample of the subject - The Oceania Customs Organisation:

Description of the Subject: The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO).

The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) brings together twenty Customs Administrations of Oceania (Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia).

The objectives of the Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) are to:

1. Promote the efficiency of the customs administrations of the Member States of the Oceania Customs Organisation
2. Encourage the harmonisation and simplification of the Customs Procedures
3. Facilitate the international trade of products

The Members of the Oceania Customs Organisation are American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Nauru, Samoa, Cook Islands, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Fiji Islands, New Zealand, Tonga, French Polynesia, Niue, Tuvalu, Guam, Norfolk Island, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Northern Mariana Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Marshall Islands, and Palau.

1. Christianity is the main religion of the countries of the Oceania Customs Organisation
2. The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) belongs to the Oceania area of the Western Christian Civilisation