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Some business-relevant highlights from the 6th Customs Practitioners' Conference
In June 2022, the 6th Customs Practitioners‘ Conference took place in Lithuania. The importance of customs in the context of the war in Ukraine, challenges for business and the role of customs professionals in helping top-level managers to make strategic decisions and ensure compliance with them, as well as related...
The most unexpected customs risk that businesses faced
Is it possible for the business to consider all the possible customs-related risks? The answer to the poll question was unambiguous. All participants of the 8th Authors' Meeting on 21.10.2021 said… NO! And shared various examples of unexpected customs-related risk, talked about sources of the risk and its management.
Returned goods relief: requirements in various countries
There are often situations where goods exported from a country are returned for various reasons. Therefore, countries have special regulations on returned goods which provide for relief from duties and possibly other import taxes. In this article, we overview regulations in the European Union, the United Kingdom of Great Britain...
Favourite article on customs and tips for writing an article
What is your favourite article on customs? What advice would you give to the author writing the first practical (non-academic) article? In this overview, you will learn the views shared during the 7th Authors’ Meeting, which took place on 26 August 2021.
Overview of the 4th Conference of Customs Practitioners
The best way to consolidate knowledge is repetition. Especially when one day of the conference is so rich in knowledge that, as one participant in the conference joked, “it doesn't fit in your head anymore.” So, we invite you to recall the topics and some of their aspects discussed at...
A customs topic or not? What is the most complex customs topic?
“A customs topic or not? What is the most complex customs topic?” - a discussion took place during the 6th Authors’ Meeting. The views were shared on many aspects of customs: the so-called “Trump tariffs”, non-customs regulations, border crossing e-commerce, new VAT regulations in the UK and EU, quality of...
Customs news in our countries. How do we stay on top of them?
To stay compliant means to keep up with regulatory changes. How do we stay on top of сustoms-related legal changes and other news? What are the most preferred communication channels? In this article, we summarise what authors of the CCRM journal shared during the 5th Authors’ Meeting on 22 April...
Trade agreements: the direct transport rule
One of the conditions of a trade agreement is that goods must travel directly between the signatory countries. How is the direct transport rule enforced in practice? This article provides an overview of the answers based on the experience of local practitioners from Lithuania, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Ukraine, Mexico,...
Customs-related databases
What customs-related databases do you use, find the most useful and/ or the most interesting? An exchange on customs-related databases used worldwide took place on 18 February 2021 during the 4th meeting of the authors of the CCRM journal. Why there is no comprehensive list of such databases? Herewith we...
About the customs broker courses, profession, and studies
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...
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Some business-relevant highlights from the 6th Customs Practitioners' Conference
In June 2022, the 6th Customs Practitioners‘ Conference took place in Lithuania. The importance of customs in the context of the war in Ukraine, challenges for business and the role of customs professionals in helping top-level managers to make strategic decisions and ensure compliance with them, as well as related...
The most unexpected customs risk that businesses faced
Is it possible for the business to consider all the possible customs-related risks? The answer to the poll question was unambiguous. All participants of the 8th Authors' Meeting on 21.10.2021 said… NO! And shared various examples of unexpected customs-related risk, talked about sources of the risk and its management.
Returned goods relief: requirements in various countries
There are often situations where goods exported from a country are returned for various reasons. Therefore, countries have special regulations on returned goods which provide for relief from duties and possibly other import taxes. In this article, we overview regulations in the European Union, the United Kingdom of Great Britain...