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Course summary (World Customs Organization (WCO)):
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is the sole intergovernmental
body fully working on customs and international trade (imports and
exports). The 177 members of the World Customs Organization (WCO) represents 98%
of total trade.
The World Customs Organization
(WCO) keeps the International Harmonized System products nomenclature, and
manages the technical aspects of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements on
Customs Valuation and
Rules of
Origin.
The World Customs Organization (WCO) works in the following fields:
- development of
global standards of international trade
- simplification and harmonization of Customs procedures (imports and
exports)
- International trade supply chain security,
- facilitation of International trade,
- enhancement of Customs enforcement and accordance activities,
anti-counterfeiting and piracy initiatives, ...
World Customs Organization member countries
European Union
The customs territories of Netherlands Antilles, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Macau
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chile
People's Republic of China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia |
Fiji
Finland
Republic of Macedonia
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea (Republic of)
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands |
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe |
Countries not members of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica, Guyana, Equatorial Guinea, Somalia, North Korea, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, Palau, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Nauru, Cook Islands, Niue and Palestinian Authority, Taiwan, Sahrawi Republic, Kosovo.
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has developed the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System
- "HS"), a
International product nomenclature. 98 % of
the International trade in products use the
Harmonized System.
Example of the course World Customs Organization (WCO):
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