12th WCO Regional Heads of Customs Administrations Conference

14 Apr '08

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WCO Asia Pacific is an organization of 32 Member countries (i.e. Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Bhutan, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rep. of Korea, Samoa, Singapore, Sri Lanka,Timor Leste, Thailand, Vietnam, Kingdom of Tonga, and Lao People's Democratic Republic).

The WCO Conference provides a platform to members to identify critical areas that require special attention, develop shared understanding and deliberate on issues and concerns of the region and to discuss the possibility of institutionalizing mechanisms for the overall benefit of the region.

India took over from China as the WCO Vice Chair of the Asia Pacific Region in June 2006 for a period of 2 years and has continued the excellent work done by the previous Vice Chairs. The Asia Pacific Region is known for enhanced levels of cooperation and coordination which make it one of the more vibrant and proactive regions of the WCO.

The Conference of Heads of Administrations of Customs of Asia Pacific Region will consider the work done in critical areas for the Customs of the region and will adopt a new 3 year Regional Strategic Plan for implementing the various programmes under key focus areas.

Press Information Bureau Government of India

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