Wednesday, December 28, 2011

International Customs Day

International Customs Day is scheduled for January 26 each year. International Customs Day aims to promote customs cooperation, promotion of international trade, customs and the establishment of close ties between organizations. International Customs Day on January 26, 1984 by the World Customs Organization, established to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Customs Cooperation Council (which will be set up in 1953 on the same day) and its first plenary of the Council. In 2007, the International Customs Day will be the theme of "genuine support to maintain the copyright."

International Customs Day - Introduction

In 1983, the Customs Cooperation Council's 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Customs Cooperation Council's day - January 26 was identified as the International Customs Day, to commemorate the establishment of the Customs Cooperation Council. 30 years after that day as the International Customs Day.

Customs Board is the only inter-governmental World Customs Organization, headquartered in Brussels, is the exchange of customs operations, coordinating relations and strengthen cooperation in place, through various forms of meetings for Member States to understand the customs technical and regulatory methods, international customs information and dynamic control, training, consulting services, to maintain the normal international trade order. Customs Cooperation Council currently has 110 members, China in 1992 to become full members.


International Customs Day - History

After World War II, in U.S. aid, the European capitalist economies gradually recover, much-needed development of international trade among each other, but differences in national customs system, hampering the exchange of international trade and carry out other countries, especially tariffs and trade statistics for the mutual comparison and international negotiations and other issues brought trouble. To this end, the European Economic Co-operation Committee of the 13 countries the government in September 12, 1947 in Paris, issued a joint statement, prepare a European customs union, customs union was established in Brussels group. December 1950, drafted by the group, the countries signed the "Convention on the establishment of the Customs Cooperation Council." Under the Convention, the Customs Cooperation Council on January 26, 1953 was born.

Customs Cooperation Council is the world's only international intergovernmental organizations, the customs, it is a place countries to share the customs service, which for the Member States play a role in the activities provided by the stage. Council's major work by holding a series of international customs in ways that meeting, the meeting topic, how large to meet with other international organizations to combat international drug trafficking, small properties such as tea bags such thing. By delegates or observers to attend meetings, understand the world the latest customs techniques and regulatory measures, the master of international customs information and dynamic. Customs Cooperation Council currently has over one hundred and ten members, based in Brussels. China in early 1992 to become a full member of the Customs Cooperation Council.


International Customs Day - Features:

 First International Customs Day is a technical, although representatives from Member States countries with different social systems, but the Board to follow the "talk about talk about politics and business" principle.

Followed independence, it is not subject to any international organization or group of controls, set their own strict organization and financial accounting.