Greetings and Bula Vinaka! Please be advised that the World Customs Organisation (WCO) have issued the latest edition of the WCO News magazine on 27 February 2019: https://mag.wcoomd.org/magazine/wco-news-88/ As you will see, the magazine is now available in digital format making it easy to share articles with your contacts or on social media. Please contact…
Under the PACER Plus Project Readiness Package, the OCO organized the PACER Plus Rules of Origin (ROO) Workshop in Nauru on 18-19 February 2019. The workshop was facilitated by the Nauru pre-accredited PACER Plus ROO Trainer. During the Workshop, the participants learnt about ROO concept, practical issues for proper origin determination and the ROO criteria…
The Workshop on Rules of Origin (ROO) for the Fiji Revenue and Customs Services officials was held on 5-6 February, 2019 at the WCO Regional Training Centre, Suva, Fiji. The Workshop was co-facilitated by local pre-accredited ROO Trainer and the Oceania Customs Organisation. The pre-accredited ROO Trainer had participated in a three month ROO Train…
The Regional Workshop on Transposition of PACER Plus Tariff Schedules and Products Specific Rules (PSR) from HS 2012-HS 2017 was held at the Tanoa International Dateline Hotel, Tonga on 21-24 January, 2019. The Workshop was conducted by OCO Consultants and Secretariat and in partnership with the Tonga Ministry of Revenue and Customs. 36 Trade and…
The OCO member representatives and Secretariat joined the Tonga Revenue and Customs Service and their stakeholders in celebrating International Customs Day on 25th January, 2019 in Tongatapu. The theme of the celebrations was consistent with that of the WCO “SMART borders for seamless Trade, Travel and Transport.” The Tonga Ministry of Revenue and Customs hosted…
As part of the ongoing assistance to strengthen the effective implementation of the Harmonised System (HS) 2017 for PACER Plus signatory countries, the OCO organized HS training in member countries. In the past year, the OCO had assisted the nine countries to implement the HS 2017. The training(s) was convened for both Customs Officers and…
The National PACER Plus Rules of Origin (ROO) Workshop was held from 22-23 November, 2018 in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The national workshop was supported by OCO with the funding from the PACER Plus Readiness Package. The workshop was facilitated by two Solomon Islands Customs & Excise Division (SICED) pre-accredited ROO Trainers and a total of…
The OCO in partnership with the Centre for Customs and Excise Studies, Charles Sturt University (CCES) and the Vanuatu Customs and Inland Revenue Department (VCIR) organized a PACER Plus Rules of Origin (ROO) Workshop from 19-20 November, 2018 in Port Vila, Vanuatu. The workshop was held under the auspices of the OCO PACER Plus Readiness…
Greetings and Bula Vinaka! We are pleased to present our third OCO PACER Plus Project Newsletter. The OCO PACER Plus Project which is funded by the governments of Australia and New Zealand, is a two year work program of technical assistance to PACER Plus signatories on their customs obligations under the Agreement. The OCO is pleased…
The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) Secretariat and the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat have signed a MOU to work together in sharing information and technical expertise on areas of mutual interest; trade facilitation, revenue mobilization and border security. The MOU was signed by the MSG Director General Mr. Amena Yauvoli and Mr. Roy Lagolago, Head…
