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ICT technologies to balance customs control functions with trade facilitation

Wednesday, 04 December 2019 18:48

Information and communication technologies (ICT technologies) enable Customs to increase the quality of their control activities while, at the same time, enhancing their level of trade facilitation.

La Corniche OSBP (Rwanda/DRC) finally operational

Tuesday, 03 December 2019 13:29

The Rwanda-DR Congo border post of La Corniche, popularly known as Grande Barrière, on Sunday 1^th December officially started operating as a One Stop Border Post (OSBP).

Turning frontiers into "smart" borders

Monday, 02 December 2019 18:15

Each year, during the International Customs Day, the WCO Secretariat dedicates a theme that is pertinent to the challenges facing the global Customs community. The slogan chosen for 2019 is “SMART borders for seamless Trade, Travel and Transport”, which encourages Customs to reengineer their business processes (mainly by applying new technologies), so to work “smartly” to ensure a swift and smooth cross-border movement of goods, people and means of transport through international borders.

Will the AfCFTA implementation be pragmatically supported by African countries?

Sunday, 01 December 2019 10:03

An article published on the OECD blog argues that the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) will substantially promote the growth of regional trade in Africa, rejecting the criticism of those who are skeptical to the implementation of such project. However, it is also known that in Africa nationalist policies still prevail on community (or regional) interests.

Burundi becomes the 7th country to ratify the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement

Saturday, 30 November 2019 13:24

On 10 June, 2015, three of the 8 African Union officialy-recognised Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in Africa, namely: the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), after 5 years of negotiations, signed an Agreement for establishing a common (Tripartite) Free Trade Area (TFTA).

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ICT technologies to balance customs control functions with trade facilitation

La Corniche OSBP (Rwanda/DRC) finally operational

Turning frontiers into "smart" borders

Will the AfCFTA implementation be pragmatically supported by African countries?

Burundi becomes the 7th country to ratify the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement

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