Kevin Holzke
Kevin Holzke is the Director of Tax and Export Control at AWB Consulting GmbH, where he advises on complex customs, export control, and compliance matters. With a career spanning both public service and the automotive industry, he began as a Customs Officer with the German Customs Authority before moving to BMW AG, where he held various customs roles, including Head of Preferential Origin. In this capacity, he led major projects such as implementing optimized origin processes and IT systems, including those required in response to Brexit. A respected trainer on customs law and former ACEA representative in the EU Customs Expert Group, Kevin Holzke combines deep regulatory expertise with hands-on industry experience to deliver practical, strategic solutions in global trade compliance.
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EU unilateral preferential arrangements - managing tariff changes
Kevin Holzke, Director of Tax and Export Control at AWB Consulting GmbH, explains the EU's unilateral preferential trade arrangements and how customs and trade compliance teams can manage the tariff changes that arise from them. Topics covered: Overview of the EU's free trade agreement landscape: bilateral FTAs (pan-European zone, Pan-Euro-Mediterranean...
Preferential origin - key changes/ outlook 2026
This recorded workshop gives customs and trade compliance professionals a practical update on preferential origin rules, covering the 2026 transition of the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean convention and the state of play of the EU's main free trade agreement negotiations. Topics covered The Pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) regional convention: differences between the 2012 and revised...
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EU unilateral preferential arrangements - managing tariff changes
Kevin Holzke, Director of Tax and Export Control at AWB Consulting GmbH, explains the EU's unilateral preferential trade arrangements and how customs and trade compliance teams can manage the tariff changes that arise from them. Topics covered: Overview of the EU's free trade agreement landscape: bilateral FTAs (pan-European zone, Pan-Euro-Mediterranean...
Preferential origin - key changes/ outlook 2026
This recorded workshop gives customs and trade compliance professionals a practical update on preferential origin rules, covering the 2026 transition of the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean convention and the state of play of the EU's main free trade agreement negotiations. Topics covered The Pan-Euro-Mediterranean (PEM) regional convention: differences between the 2012 and revised...