The WCO Smart Customs Project publishes the results of the survey launched in April 2024, aimed at gauging the global adoption of disruptive technologies among WCO Members, identify capacity-building needs, nominate National Contact Points (NCPs), and foster the exchange of experiences and best practices.
The Regional Digital Trade Integration Index (RDTII) Guide (2nd edition), prepared by ESCAP in close collaboration with ECA and ECLAC, serves as a handbook designed to assist policymakers and policy researchers in analysing digital trade regulations. The Guide provides essential explanations of the structure of the RDTII 2.0 framework, a multidimensional cross-economy index of digital trade regulatory integration utilized by ESCAP, ECA, and ECLAC for digital trade regulatory analysis. It introduces the indicators of digital trade policy environment used in the framework, discusses policy implications, and suggests related sources of information.
Dear friends,
The Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) presented to the attention of customs services and the academic community a new issue of the magazine “WCO NEWS”, № 2 (104), 2004. The topic of the issue is “Measuring performance”.
Dear friends,
We recommend that you read the publication, prepared with the participation of the World Bank, “Jordan: The SANAD Portal for Digital Government Services”.
Dear friends,
We suggest you familiarize yourself with the study, carried out with the participation of the World Bank, “Djibouti: Digital Customs Administration Using ASYCUDAWorld”.
Dedicated to Tamara Buyanova
Dear friends!
We bring to your attention a collection of publications of Sergei Mozer on the issues of membership of economic and customs unions in the World Customs Organization (WCO) – LEGAL STATUS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION.
The WCO is pleased to launch an updated edition of its Gender Equality Organizational Assessment Tool (GEOAT). Originally launched in 2014, this self-assessment tool aims at assisting Customs and Revenue Administrations in assessing their policies and practices both internally (related to, for instance, human resource management) and externally (in their border operations and stakeholder relations) to further incorporate gender equality and diversity on a cross-cutting basis within their administrations.
International experts note that digital technologies have made it increasingly feasible for buyers and sellers to place and receive orders on a global scale. They also enable the instantaneous remote delivery of services directly into businesses and homes, including internationally.
UNCTAD mentions that measuring e-commerce is a prerequisite for understanding its economic role and contribution to GDP, employment, and development, as well as for evidence-based policymaking. Beyond total e-commerce, the distinction between domestic and cross-border e-commerce is important to understand to what extent e-commerce contributes to exports and imports. The UNCTAD Secretariat has received various enquiries from countries asking for guidance and support to measure the monetary value of e-commerce and digitally ordered trade.
