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Special Reports, Reviews and Commentaries

Just How Profitable Is Illicit Tobacco in Australia?
September 30, 2024 AEST
Just How Profitable Is Illicit Tobacco in Australia?
Rob Preece

Using publicly available data, this paper will propose a methodology and use that methodology to gauge the potential profitability in relation to a container of imported illicit cigarettes into Australia.

Meeting International Economic and Trade Rules: A Case Study of Hainan Free Trade Port, China
March 31, 2024 AEST
Meeting International Economic and Trade Rules: A Case Study of Hainan Free Trade Port, China
Qiang DongZelin Bian

We discuss China’s Hainan Free Trade Port and analyse the risks and challenges China Customs may encounter matching the high-standard international economic and trade rules in promoting its construction.

A Review of _Customs: Inside Anywhere, Insights Everywhere_
March 30, 2023 AEST
A Review of Customs: Inside Anywhere, Insights Everywhere
Albert W Veenstra

Smart enforcement supports smooth logistics. How does Customs think, act, and supervise cross-border trade? These issues, and many more, are addressed extensively in a new book by Heijmann and Peters.

Developments at the World Customs Organization Technical Committee on Customs Valuation 2021-2022 Regarding Royalties
September 30, 2022 AEST
Developments at the World Customs Organization Technical Committee on Customs Valuation 2021-2022 Regarding Royalties
Leonardo Macedo

This paper addresses difficulties WTO members face when dealing with royalties as compulsory adjustments, which are probably the most relevant example of the complexity of customs valuation.

September 30, 2021 AEST
The Changing Nature of the Harmonized System One Perspective
Brian Thomas

The Harmonized System (HS) Nomenclature is an international descriptive listing of products and their numerical codes, that has been developed by the Harmonized System Committee (HSC)

March 31, 2021 AEST
World Customs Organization Global Webinar Series: Managing HR Through a Crisis and beyond. Keynote Address 19 January 2021: Leading With 2020 Hindsight
David Widdowson

This keynote address focuses on crisis management in customs and concept of leadership in the customs context.

PICARD Conference 2020
September 30, 2019 AEST
PICARD Conference 2020
PICARD Conference

Publication of a special edition of the World Customs Journal will coincide with the 2020 World Customs Organization (WCO) Partnership in Customs Academic Research and Development (PICARD) Conference.

Softening Hard Borders Through Tech: Brexit and the Irish Border
March 31, 2019 AEST
Softening Hard Borders Through Tech: Brexit and the Irish Border
Gareth Lewis

This commentary addresses customs and border issues relating to Brexit with a particular focus on the Irish border.

2018 Edition of the SAFE Framework of Standards
March 31, 2018 AEST
2018 Edition of the SAFE Framework of Standards
World Customs Organization

The key outcome of this concluding meeting of the 2018 review cycle is the finalisation of the 2018 SAFE Framework of Standards.

Trump Just Might Be Giving Us the Opportunity to Make NAFTA Even Stronger
September 30, 2017 AEST
Trump Just Might Be Giving Us the Opportunity to Make NAFTA Even Stronger
Alan Bersin

Donald Trump’s campaign, when it turned to issues, focused on migration, borders and trade.

September 30, 2016 AEST
The Unforeseen Cost of Brexit – Customs
Andrew Grainger

This paper was published on 22 July 2016 on The Conversation website, http://theconversation.com and is republished with the permission of the author.

March 31, 2016 AEST
Customs Scientific Journal: Recent Developments and Future Plans
Mikhail KashubskyOlena PavlenkoVictor Chentsov

The purpose of this report is to update the readers of the World Customs Journal on recent Customs Scientific Journal developments, and to share the Board’s plans and ideas.