TIACA and WCO sign MoU
TIACA and WCO sign MoU The World Customs Organisation (WCO) and The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to help identify how the air cargo industry can assist in priority customs objectives, and to discuss how these can be best achieved with minimum disruption to commercial operations. The new agreement aims to keep customs and the air cargo industry better informed of each other’s developments and requirements through a wide-ranging exchange of dialogue and documentation. The WCO has agreed to attend relevant TIACA meetings to discuss its objectives and will provide technical committee responses to submissions from TIACA on specific customs/air cargo issues. It will also support practices and procedures by member customs administrations that present minimum disruption to time-sensitive commercial operations and ensure similar future co-operation. As part of its commitment, the WCO will also provide greater notice to TIACA of meetings or projects that could utilise the special expertise and operational resources of TIACA members in measures designed to heighten commercial and customs standards and advance common interests in compliance and facilitation. In return, TIACA representatives will attend WCO meetings as observers and will use this opportunity to express members‘ views. It will also participate in specialist WCO Working Groups and ad hoc groups relevant to TIACA’s interests. Both parties have also committed to an annual review of the MoU to identify progress and the requirement for updates. TIACA hopes closer co-operation with the WCO will enable the Association to progress its mission to seek more efficient customs and border practices for air cargo shipments, in order to facilitate trade and economic growth and to capitalise on air cargo’s key competitive advantage of speed. TIACA’s Industry Affairs Committee has identified changes it would like to see implemented by customs authorities in both developed and developing countries, as well as best practices for customs regimes. Quelle: eyefortransport |