The World Customs Organization
Dear reader, I am pleased to welcome you to the reading of a wonderful book that will make you go through the past, know the present and enter into the future of the flagship institution of the international customs community, the home of customs in the world: the World Customs Organization (WCO).
THE READER
WILL FIND:
– A brief and concise historical review.
– An exposition of its important legal instruments (such as the Harmonized System Convention, the Revised Kyoto Convention, the SAFE Framework of Standards, among many others).
– A review of the various International Organizations with which the WCO interacts, as well as a study of its relationship with the Private Sector and, in particular, with Customs Brokers or Customs Agents.
– A summary of the technical aspects of its competence related to Tariff Classification, Valuation and Origin of Goods.
– An exhaustive detail of important WCO developments in Customs control and trade facilitation: Risk Analysis and Management, Authorized Economic Operator, Single Window, Cross Border e-Commerce, and many more.
– The Agenda for the Future of Customs (Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, 3D Printing, Intangibles) is the subject of a prospective analysis.
– And many more topics.
Message to the readers:
This is an indispensable work for all foreign trade operators, in particular, for customs officials, customs brokers (or customs agents), carriers and international freight forwarders, managers of importing and exporting companies as well as for all those people (professionals and students) who wish to deepen their knowledge about the exciting world of Customs and International Trade.
The Book:
Number of pages
476 Pages
Date of Publication
November, 2021
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Idioma
English
Chapters
Pages
Target audience: The material is aimed at the entire Hispanic American foreign trade community (as it is a Spanish edition).
This includes:
– Customs Officials,
– Customs Brokers or Customs Agents,
– Freight Forwarders or Forwarding Agents,
– Executives of importing and exporting companies
– Students of Foreign Trade and,
– Interested public in general (specialized lawyers, accountants, international trade graduates, etc.).
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR:
Dr. HÉCTOR HUGO JUÁREZ ALLENDE
Member (Judge) with customs competence of the Tax Court of the Argentine Nation.
Specialized in Higher Education Teaching at Universidad Católica de Cuyo.
Professor at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC), Universidad Blas Pascal (UBP), Universidad Austral in Argentina, and Universidad del Rosario in Colombia.
For those who wish to access his academic work as well as his extensive curriculum vitae, we invite you to visit his personal website at:
THE WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION
Past, present and future.