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Sixth Meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee

The Customs Cooperation Committee (CCC), under the auspice of the Central Asia Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program, held its Sixth Annual Meeting (the Meeting) in ADB Headquarters in Manila, Philippines on 6–7 September 2007. The Sixth CCC meeting primarily considered a new CAREC trade facilitation program strategy which will be presented to the CAREC Ministers during their annual meeting in Dushanbe in November 2007. The preparation of new trade facilitation strategy was proposed by the Comprehensive Action Plan (CAP) endorsed during the Urumqi Ministerial Conference in October 2006, when Ministers called for action to overcome trade and other impediments to development.

The Meeting included:

• Progress reports on activities since the Fifth CCC Meeting
• Discussion on the draft new trade facilitation strategy
• Discussion on the work program under the priority areas of CAREC's Trade Facilitation Program
• Knowledge forum on (i) World Customs Organization (WCO) Data Model, (ii) case study on the integrated approach to regional trade facilitation in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS); (iii) CAREC Transport Sector strategy; and (iv) trade policy in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Read the Statement of the CCC [ PDF: 140kb | 5 pages ]

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The CCC consists of the heads of customs administrations joining the CAREC Program supported by ADB. The CCC provides overall coordination and supervision to the CAREC's Trade Facilitation Program to promote customs reforms and modernization as a medium-term priority. The CCC has also been serving as a forum to promote an integrated trade facilitation approach through inter-agency cooperation and partnership with the business community. The CCC convenes the meeting each year.

The previous CCC Meetings were held in Urumqi, People's Republic of China (PRC) on 20-21 August 2002; Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan on 9-10 October 2003; Baku, Azerbaijan on 1-3 December 2004; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on 7-9 September 2005; and Astana, Kazakhstan on 11-13 October 2006.

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Heads of customs from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, and Mongolia, and deputy heads of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, People’s Republic of China (PRC), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan attended the meeting. Representatives the World Customs Organization (WCO) United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United National Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), also participated.

Read the View the list of participants [ PDF: 68kb | 3 pages ]

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View the Program [ PDF: 52kb | 2 pages ]

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• Seminar on Implementation Challenges in Joint Customs Control, Risk Management and Post-Entry Audit (Bangkok, Thailand) (7-9 February 2007)
• Fifth Meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee (Astana, Kazakhstan) (11-13 October 2006)
• Seminar on WCO's Framework of Standards and Customs Data Model (Urumqi, People's Republic of China) (12 - 14 July 2006)
• Forum on Trade Facilitation and Customs Reform and Modernization (Tokyo, Japan) (17 - 19 April 2006)
• Forum on eGovernment and Trade Facilitation (Singapore) (24 - 27 January 2006)
• Seminar on Trade Facilitation and E-Governance (Daejeon, and Seoul, Republic of Korea) (5 - 8 December 2005)
• Forum on TIR Customs Transit System (Shanghai, People's Republic of China) (19 - 21 October 2005)
• Fourth Meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee (Ulanbaatar, Mongolia) (7- 9 September 2005)
• Seminar on Trade Facilitation and One-Stop Service (Bangkok, Thailand) (27- 29 July 2005)
• Seminar on Risk Management and Post-Entry Audit (Shenzhen, People's Republic of China) (7-10 June 2005)
• Forum on Trade Facilitation and Customs Modernization (Singapore) (26-28 January 2005)
• Third Meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee (Baku, Azerbaijan) (1-3 December 2004)
• Workshop on Risk Management and Customs Intelligence (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) (3-5 November 2004)
• Forum on Public-Private Partnership for Customs Modernization (Manila, Philippines) (14-16 October 2004)
• Conference on Customs Reforms and Modernization (Beijing, People's Republic of China) (21-24 April 2004)
• Customs Cooperation Committee Regional Meeting on Development of Simplified Transit Systems (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic) (21-23 February 2004)
• Second Meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee (Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan) (9-10 October 2003)
• Customs Cooperation Committee Regional Workshop on Risk Management and Post-Entry Audit (Urumqi, PRC) (9-12 September 2003)
• Customs Cooperation Committee Regional Seminar on Trade Facilitation and Customs Modernization (Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyz Republic) (4-8 August 2003)
• Customs Cooperation Committee Working Group Meeting (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (21-25 April 2003)
• Customs Cooperation Committee Regional Capacity Building Seminar (Almaty, Kazakhstan) (17-21 February 2003)
• First Meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee (Urumqi, People's Republic of China) (20-21 August 2002)
• Central Asia Customs Cooperation Meeting (Manila, Philippines) (30-31 January 2002)
• Senior Officials' Meeting on Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (Manila, Philippines) (9-10 August 2001)