Customs compliance and awareness amongst traders
Meet customs experts from around the world! Authors who contribute customs and trade-related content to the CustomsClear platform are invited to meet in bi-monthly Authors’ Meetings and exchange views on a specific topic.
During the meetings, participants are invited to give 5-minute presentations on the topic. Discussions and questions are welcome at any time. After the meeting, an overview is published in the Customs Compliance & Risk Management journal.
Upcoming meeting
Topic “Customs compliance and awareness amongst traders”. The meeting will take place on 4th September 2024, 15:00 CEST.
Topics discussed in previous meetings
- Tariff classification of goods in the light of the latest technological developments (22nd)
- Law and case law news: what shouldn't a customs professional miss? (21ˢᵗ)
- Origin of goods – the trends (20th)
- Customs brokers & their management: current challenges and the future (19th)
- Non-tariff measures: the biggest challenges in 2023 (18th)
- Management of import taxes other than duties (VAT, excise, etc.) – pitfalls and opportunities (17ᵗʰ)
- Customs valuation – the particularities of different countries (16ᵗʰ)
- Best practices/ tips of managing customs knowledge in companies (15ᵗʰ)
- Customs procedures - possibilities not to be missed and worth knowing about (14ᵗʰ)
- Interpretation of customs law: the most challenging aspects for business (13ᵗʰ)
- The biggest challenges in ensuring customs compliance in a company (12ᵗʰ)
- Case-law: most interesting/ relevant insights from judgements of the courts (11ᵗʰ)
- War: How does it highlight the role of a customs specialist, and related challenges? (10ᵗʰ)
- Digitisation of customs processes in business: best practices, challenges and the future (9ᵗʰ)
- The most unexpected customs risk that business faced (8ᵗʰ)
- Favourite article on customs and tips for writing an article (7ᵗʰ) 10 TIPS pdf
- A customs topic or not? What is the most complex customs topic? (6ᵗʰ)
- Customs news in our countries (5ᵗʰ)
- Customs related databases (4ᵗʰ)
- Books on Customs (3ʳᵈ)
- Customs knowledge in our countries: Is it sufficient? What is 'sufficient'? (2ⁿᵈ)
- Some thoughts on current important issues (1ˢᵗ, 18 August 2020)
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