The Regional Workshop to assist OCO members with the uniform application and implementation of the Harmonised System Nomenclature 2017 Edition funded by the Australia and New Zealand through their Readiness Package for PACER Plus and organized by the OCO Secretariat was held at the Novotel Hotel, Nadi, Fiji from 24-28 April, 2017. Sixteen Customs officers…
The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have signed a MOU to work together in sharing information and ideas relevant to preventing and eliminating illicit tobacco trade. The MOU was signed by Mr. Seve Paeniu, Head of OCO Secretariat and Dr. Corrine Capuano, WHO Representative/Director, Pacific Technical Support, WHO Representative in…
The Minister of Finance, Elbuchel Sadang, also acknowledged and recognized Ngiraibai for his hard work and dedication to Customs. Deputy Chief, Rebechong Iskawa also reflected on the past and some of the positive experiences that were shared during his years of service with Customs. Minister Sadang awarded Ngiraibai with a Certificate for his Years of…
The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Korea Customs Service (KCS). The MOU was signed on Tuesday, 14 March in the margins of the 18th Regional Heads of Customs Administrations (RHCA) Conference in Suva by Mr. Seve Paeniu, Head of OCO Secretariat and Mr Jong Woo LEE, the Director General…
Guam will be hosting the 19th OCO Annual Conference this year on 2-5 May 2017. It will bring to Guam about 50 delegates representing the 23 Member Customs Administrations of the Pacific island countries and territories including Australia and New Zealand, and as well as representatives of the international and regional organisations and development partners…
The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Director-General announced on Wednesday, 22 February, 2017 that the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) has entered into force after two thirds of members completed their domestic ratification process. The TFA aims to simplify international import and export procedures to provide certainty and predictability on customs formalities and transit requirements, which is…
On request from Solomon Islands Customs & Excise Department (SICED), the OCO Trade & Revenue Management Adviser, Ms Laisiana Tugaga was in Honiara, Solomon Islands on 13-21 February, 2017 to assist with the conduct of a Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSS). The objective of the survey was to capture levels of the stakeholders’ satisfaction of SICED’s…
Greetings & Bula Vinaka! We are very excited to present our first Oceania Customs Organisation E-Newsletter. We intend to make it a regular publication and use it to advise you of future events, report on previous events and encourage you to share developments with the OCO Community. Whether you are new to us or a…
On this day 26 January the Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) is joining the rest of the world customs family in celebrating the International Customs Day. The World Customs Organization (WCO) is dedicating 2017 to promoting data analysis under the slogan “Data Analysis for Effective Border Management”. The theme of this year’s International Customs Day resonates…
The OCO Executive Regional Workshop on Customs Modernisation and Reforms was held at the WCO Regional Training, Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority Suva, Fiji from 21-25 November2016. The seminar was organized and hosted by the Oceania Customs Organisation and attended by Heads of Customs from 18 of the member administrations. The panelists and presenters consisted…
