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WCO Postpones AEO Conference
February 21, 2020 |World Customs Organization

The World Customs Organization rescheduled its Authorized Economic Operator conference to Feb. 15-17, 2021, it said in a news release. The event was previously scheduled for next month in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. “To ensure the success of the Conference in view of the prevailing global circumstances, Dubai Customs and the UAE Federal Customs Authority proposed to the WCO to postpone the Conference,” the WCO said.

CBP Releases Agenda for 65th Session of WCO HSC
February 13, 2020 |World Customs Organization

CBP issued a notice in the Feb. 12 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 54, No. 5) regarding the dates and draft agenda for the 65th Session of the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System Committee (HSC), which will meet in Brussels March 11-20. Among other things, the HSC issues classification decisions on the interpretation of the Harmonized System (HS) in the form of published tariff classification opinions or amendments to the Explanatory Notes. It also considers amendments to the legal text of the HS.

WCO Publishes List of Tariff Schedule Changes Coming Worldwide in 2022
January 30, 2020 |World Customs Organization

The World Customs Organization published a list of changes in the upcoming 2022 version of the Harmonized System tariff nomenclature, it said in a press release. The 351 sets of amendments include 77 affecting tariff provisions for agriculture, food and tobacco, 58 in the chemical sector, 31 in the wood sector, 21 for textiles, 27 for base metals, 63 in the machinery, electrical and electronic goods sector, and 22 affecting the transport sector, the WCO said. The amendments were recommended by the WCO’s Harmonized System Committee in June, and took effect in January after a six-month period passed with no objections to the proposals by WCO member states (see 2001080064). The changes must be implemented in the tariff schedules of WCO members, including the U.S., by Jan. 1, 2022.