
On September 16 – 20, 2019, a delegation of the National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics of the Republic of India (NACEN), led by Director General D. Singh, visited the Russian Customs Academy, the Canine Center of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, and the St. Petersburg branch of the Academy.

With the cooperation and support of the United States’ Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), the WCO held a Workshop on Customs valuation from 14 to 16 July 2019 in Cairo, Egypt.
Between 23-27 June, 2019, at the Arab League building in Cairo, Egypt, the European Union (EU) and League of Arab States (LAS) co-hosted the Conference on Combating the Illicit Trade in and Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the Member States of the League of Arab States.
The WCO published the Joint WCO-UPU Guidelines on the exchange of electronic advance data between Posts and Customs, following its adoption by the Council – the Organization’s highest decision-making body – at the end of June 2019. 