ISLAMABAD: The 8th meeting of the heads of the customs administrations of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) countries will be held in Pakistan on November 14, 2017. The 4th meeting of the Subcommittee of the ECO Customs Experts (SCOEs) will be held on 13th of November 2017 here to further enhance customs cooperation in the region.
Sources told Customs Today on Monday that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), in coordination and consultation with the ECO Secretariat, has decided to organize the 8th meeting of the Council of the Heads of the Customs Administration on April 13-14 at Islamabad.
The 4rd meeting of the subcommittee of the customs experts is planned to be convened on the sidelines of the 8th CHCA meeting. The meeting will be attended by Kunio Mikuriya, Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), which will also be participated by the ECO and WCO with the mutual understanding to finalize a draft to sign an agreement of cooperation among the country members of the ECO and WCO.
The meeting will review actions on the decisions of previous CHCA meetings and also discuss the initiatives for further boosting customs cooperation in the ECO region. The progress on the ECO Agreement for Establishment of the Customs Offences Data Bank and the ECO Agreement for Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters would also be discussed in the meeting.
The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) includes 10 member states named Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
