CONTENT (Download the October 2015 Issue in PDF Format)
04 Flash info
04 – New book provides insight into the economic benefits of implementing a single window system
By Dr Dennis Ndonga, Murdoch University, Australia
05 – Tribute to Professor Hironori Asakura
06 – Project INAMA: enhancing Sub-Saharan Customs’ capacity to fight illegal wildlife trade
08 – Overview of Russia’s Training Centre for NII System experts
By Alexei Moiseev, Vice-Rector for International Relations, Russian Customs Academy
08- Latest accessions to WCO instruments
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10 Dossier : Council 2015
12 – WCO Members confer and act on trade facilitation, e-commerce, and security at the June 2015
WCO Council sessions
By Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General, World Customs Organization
14 – Latest developments in WCO areas of work: compliance, facilitation, capacity building,
and tariff and trade affairs
29 – Election highs
30 – 2015 WCO Photo Competition
31 – Signing ceremonies
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32 Focus: E-commerce
32 – Facilitating e-commerce
By the WCO Secretariat
38 – E-commerce and revenue collection
By the WCO Secretariat
44 – Supporting e-commerce: Korea Customs Service’s strategy
By Tae-kon Sung, Director general of the clearance facilitation bureau, and
Yeon-Soo Choi, Director of the multilateral cooperation division, Korea Customs Service
48 – Australia’s tax reforms and e-commerce: a country perspective
By the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection
50 – Let cross-border e-commerce be an engine for growth
By the Global Express Association
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54 Panorama
54 – Dubai’s Virtual Freight & Logistics Corridor streamlines cargo movement
By Ahmed Mahboob Musabih, Director, Dubai Customs
56 – Educating the next generation of Customs professionals
By Frank Heijmann and Martin Lutterop from the Netherlands Customs Administration,
Yao-Hua Tan, Bas Giesbers and Rob Zuidwijk from the Rotterdam School of Management,
and Joris Hulstijn from the Delft University of Technology
60 – EU launches a new Customs Data Model based on WCO standards
By Frank Janssens, Head of Unit, and Jean-Luc Delcourt, Head of sector, Customs processes,
data and project management Unit, European Commission Directorate-General for Taxation
and Customs Union
63 – Violent extremism, borders and action by Customs teams
By Franck Lacroix, Directorate-General for Customs and Indirect Taxes, France
66 – Illegal wildlife trade: an outline of the problems facing Peru
By the Intelligence and Tactical Operations Team, Peru Customs
70 – Singapore’s ‘whole-of-government’ approach to coordinated border management: maintaining
its edge amidst new challenges
By Singapore Customs and the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore
73 – Vanuatu Customs’ response strategy to Cyclone Pam
By John Sala, Deputy Director of Customs, Vanuatu Customs and Inland Revenue Department
74 – Sri Lanka Customs’ response to a natural disaster: challenges faced and lessons learned
By JP. Chandraratne, Director of Customs, Sri Lanka Customs
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76 Book Review
76 – Tobacco Control, International Trade, and Public Health: a review of Holly Jarman’s book
‘The Politics of Trade and Tobacco Control’
By Robert Ireland, WCO Head of Research and Communications
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79 Point of view
79 – 10 years of promoting the academic standing of the Customs profession
By Professor David Widdowson, President of the International Network of Customs Universities
80 – Prospects for Africa’s Tripartite Free Trade Agreement in the light of lessons learned from the
East African Community
By Creck Buyonge Mirito
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83 Events
83 – Calendar of Events