About the customs broker courses, profession, and studies

Muitinės praktikų asociacija
Muitinės praktikų asociacija
Lithuanian Customs Practitioners Association, Lithuania
Published 27 Feb 2021
About the customs broker courses, profession, and studies
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31 March 2021, online training courses for persons wishing to provide customs representation services are launching. About these courses, the profession of customs broker and studies in the field of customs in general, we talk to the representatives of the partners organizing the courses: Prof. Dr. Astrida Miceikiene, Chancellor of the Academy of Agriculture of Vytautas Magnus University, Akvile Alauskaitė, Head of the Study Programs of the University of Applied Social Sciences, and Enrika Naujoke, Head of the Lithuanian Customs Practitioners Association.

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