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Customs Cooperation Committee Regional Seminar on Trade Facilitation and Customs Modernization
Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyz Republic, 4-8 August 2003

Background and Objectives

The Seminar was part of Asian Development Bank's (ADB) ongoing support for the implementation of the 7-point Common Action Plan (CAP) endorsed last August 2002 by the Customs Cooperation Committee (CCC) of East and Central Asia. The Workshop was jointly sponsored by ADB and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The Seminar was a combination of

1. training and
2. group discussion

on three agenda items of the CAP:

1. joint-border processing
2. transit
3. ICT for information sharing and customs modernization

The training component was designed to meet the request for capacity building indicated in the Work Program agreed by the CCC Working Groups during their Joint Meeting last April 2003. The group discussion provided an opportunity to review and highlight the priorities of the Joint Work Program.

The CCC is a group of heads of customs administrations of the East and Central Asian countries joining a larger regional cooperation program supported by the ADB.

Participants

The seminar was coordinated by East and Central Asia Department which brought together 24 customs officials from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, the People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Seminar Program

• English [ PDF: 155kb | 3 Pages ]
• Russian

Seminar Documents

• Minutes of Discussions
• Cross Border Initiatives
• ICT for Customs Modernization
• Simplified Transit System
• Customs Legal Framework

Related Events

Trade Facilitation & Customs Cooperation

• 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
  

Trade Policy Studies & Conferences

• Trade Policy and Trade Facilitation Reviews
• Azerbaijan [ PDF ]
• Uzbekistan [ PDF ]
• Post-Doha trade negotiating agenda
• Fourth Asia Development Forum
  Seoul, Korea: 3-5 November 2002
• High-Level Meeting on the WTO Trading System
  Bangkok, Thailand: 31 July-2 August 2002
• Doha Development Agenda: Implications for Developing Asia
  Hawaii, USA: 10 May 2002
• Central Asia Ministerial Conference on Economic Cooperation
  Manila, Philippines: 25-26 March 2002
• Trade Policy Issues Workshop
  Singapore: 25 February-1 March 2002
• The Third Asia Development Forum
  Bangkok, Thailand: 11-14 June 2001

Contact

East and Central Asia Department

Jeffrey Liang
Email: jliang@adb.org

Lyle Raquipiso
Email: lraquipiso@adb.org