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BISHKEK (TCA) — Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Kunio Mikuriya, together with the Chairperson of the State Customs Service (SCS) of the Kyrgyz Republic Almaz Onolbekov, with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, opened a new Regional Training Centre of the World Customs Organization in Kyrgyzstan on 16 April in Bishkek. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — A four-day training programme on the Prevention of Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Heritage (PITCH), organized by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) with the support of the Border Management Unit of the OSCE Project Office in Dushanbe, completed in Tajikistan last week. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Kunio Mikuriya, and the First Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Service of the Kyrgyz Republic (SCS), Shamil Berdaliev, signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the WCO Secretariat in Brussels on 19 December, thereby accrediting the SCS’s Training Centre as a WCO Regional Training Centre. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — The detention of a Kyrgyz parliament member in Kazakhstan on charges of involvement in contraband at the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border adds fuel to the Kazakh-Kyrgyz tensions over reported smuggling of Chinese goods into the Eurasian Economic Union through Kyrgyzstan. The incident has also highlighted the problem of corruption in Kyrgyzstan’s customs bodies. We are republishing this article on the issue by Chris Rickleton, originally published by Eurasianet: Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Heads of the Eurasian Economic Union member states signed the EEU Customs Code at the summit of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on December 26 in St. Petersburg. The new Customs Code will enter into force from July 1, 2017. Continue reading
ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on September 27-29 is hosting an OSCE-supported regional discussion on trade facilitation through enhancing regional transit for public and private sector representatives from Central Asia and the South Caucasus as well as specialized trade and transport organizations, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana said. Continue reading
