Customs administrations in the Pacific, recognize the importance of the implementation of the World Customs Organisation’s (WCO) Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) for tariffs and trade statistics and for other purposes e.g. the rules of origin...
Mr James Movick, Director General of the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), paid a visit at the OCO headquarters in Suva on 10th August 2017 and held discussions with the OCO Head of Secretariat Seve Paeniu. The discussions revolved around options and arrangements for...
OCO attended the annual WCO Council in Brussels on 6-8 July 2017 The Head of Secretariat Mr Seve Paeniu represented the OCO, as an Observer organization, at the annual WCO Council which met in Brussels, Belgium on 6 – 8 July 2017. The Council session is the annual...
The OCO Secretariat in partnership with PFTAC and PITTA will be conducting a Regional workshop on VAT fraud and Customs Commercial Fraud, from the 7th to the 11th of August at the Tanoa International Hotel in Nadi. Anecdotal evidence suggests that VAT fraud is on the...
Oceania Customs Organisation members moves towards Revised Kyoto Convention compliance On 26-30 June, 2017, six of the OCO members (Cook Islands, Federated State of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu) joined Vanuatu Customs at their National...
The OCO Secretariat was represented at the WTO/UNCTAD/PIFS Regional Workshop on E-Commerce held on 20-22 June, 2017 at Sheraton Fiji Resort, Nadi, Fiji. The main objective of the Workshop was to update the Pacific countries on recent developments in e-commerce...
