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International Customs Day – January 26
January 27 , 2020
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- It will be dedicated to the contribution of Customs towards a sustainable future where social, economic, health and environmental needs are at the heart of our actions.
- Theme is “Customs fostering Sustainability for People, Prosperity and the Planet”.
- It commemorates the day in 1953 when the inaugural session of the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC) was held in Brussels, Belgium.
- In 1994 the CCC was renamed World Customs Organization (WCO) and today custom organizations from 179 countries are WCO members.
- World Customs Organization is called as the only intergovernmental organization which solely highlights the customs matters.
- The WCO maintains the international Harmonized System (HS) goods nomenclature, and administers the technical aspects of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements on Customs Valuation and Rules of Origin.
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