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United States and the new National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security

Wednesday, 29 February 2012 09:40

The National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security depicts the United States Government’s policy to strengthen the global supply chain in order to protect the welfare and interests of the American people and secure the economic prosperity of the Nation.

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Port Community systems, one-stop-shops and single windows

Thursday, 09 February 2012 19:23

"Port community systems", "single windows" and "customs one-stop-shops" are all important tools for the facilitation of trade which have been experimented and successfully implemented in a number of Countries worldwide, with the explicit purpose of reducing both the time and the high cost associated with international trade operations. But there is still a lot of confusion on the use of this terms. Read more

Royalties e valore in dogana

Thursday, 02 February 2012 09:44

Considerate le numerose richieste pervenuteci sull'argomento, pubblichiamo una guida liberamente consultabile (tratta dall'ultimo numero del Doganalista, rivista giuridico-economica di commercio internazionale a cura del Consiglio Nazionale degli Spedizionieri Doganali), che illustra i meccanismi di inclusione delle royalties nel valore in dogana, in particolare nelle ipotesi di importazione in Italia di beni prodotti all'estero su licenza di un terzo.

International Customs day 2012

Friday, 27 January 2012 10:04

On 26 January 2012, at the WCO's headquarters, the 60th Anniversary of the International Customs Day has been held. Every year, on occasion of such celebration, a particular topic is selected, that will be successively developed and deepeened within a serie of events that will be organised during this year. The 2012 has be designated as the year of connectivity, with the slogan: “Borders divide, Customs connect” (last year was dedicated on the sharing of knowledge as a means to improve efficiency and effectiveness of Customs). Read more

New Zealand launches its single window project

Tuesday, 24 January 2012 07:59

Is nicknamed "Trade Single Window" (TSW) the single window system for the fulfilment of the international trade formalities developed by the New Zealand's Customs administration to symplify and reduce operating costs for their businesses. The TSW will be fully operational in the beginning of 2013 (read more).