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Second Meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee
Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan
9-10 October 2003




Post Meeting Statement

The second Customs Cooperation Committee (CCC) meeting was held on 9-10 October 2003 in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, to review progress of the CCC Common Action Plan and identify and recommend future action for customs cooperation in the region.

The CCC is composed of the heads of customs administrations of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program. The participating countries in the Program include: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, PRC, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The second CCC meeting was attended by all participating countries except Turkmenistan. ADB staff and experts facilitated the proceedings.

Background and Objectives

The Customs Cooperation Committee (CCC) of East and Central Asia, during its first meeting in August 2002 in Urumqi, People's Republic of China (PRC), endorsed a 7-point Common Action Plan (CAP) and instituted Working Groups for its implementation.

On 9-10 October 2003, the CCC held its Second Meeting in Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan, which reviewed the progress of the CAP's implementation based on the Work Program agreed by the CCC Working Groups during their Joint Meeting last April 2003. The 2nd CCC Meeting identified and recommended the future direction of customs cooperation in the region.

Target Participants

  • Head of Customs Agency from each of the governments of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and the People's Republic of China.
  • Senior officials of ADB

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Contacts

East and Central Asia Department

Cheong-Hwan Oh
Email: choh@adb.org

Lyle Raquipiso
Email: lraquipiso@adb.org

Joy Terencio
Tel: +632 632 6703
Fax: +632 636 2424
Email: jterencio@adb.org

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Plenary Session

Working Group Chairs PRC and Uzbekistan

Delegates from Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia and Tajikistan

Seminar Proper

Meeting Venue: Higher Military Customs Institute

On the first day, delegates were given a tour of the building's Laboratory and other facilities

Official Dinner held at Radisson Hotel

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