Participants discussed and proposed orientations, action plans and working programmes for ASEAN customs in the 2016-2020 period.
In recent times, ASEAN customs has achieved significant progress in building the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. They have signed an agreement on customs, created a legal framework for implementing the ASEAN customs transit system (ACTS), and initially established the single-door customs mechanism in all ASEAN countries.
2014-2015 is considered a pivotal time for ASEAN to enter a new period of cooperation, integration and connectivity towards AEC.
ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh said the results of the meeting will be an important step towards forming an ASEAN Community in 2015 as scheduled and beyond. Customs cooperation must bring out more specific results in the future, he stressed.
This is the third time Vietnam has hosted such event after meetings in 1995 and 2004.
Vietnam Customs Director General Nguyen Ngoc Tuc took the occasion condemning China’s provocative actions in the East Sea, following its illegal placement of the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 deep within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.
He called on participating delegates to voice opposition to China’s act and support Vietnam’s peaceful struggle for justice.
Secretary General of World Customs Organisations (WCO) Kunio Mikuriya said the current East Sea tension partly affects maritime transport in the region. He expressed his belief that parties concerned will settle the dispute peacefully to ensure maritime safety and promote goods circulation and trade liberalisation in the East Sea and Asia-Pacific as well.
In recent times, ASEAN customs has achieved significant progress in building the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015. They have signed an agreement on customs, created a legal framework for implementing the ASEAN customs transit system (ACTS), and initially established the single-door customs mechanism in all ASEAN countries.
2014-2015 is considered a pivotal time for ASEAN to enter a new period of cooperation, integration and connectivity towards AEC.
ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh said the results of the meeting will be an important step towards forming an ASEAN Community in 2015 as scheduled and beyond. Customs cooperation must bring out more specific results in the future, he stressed.
This is the third time Vietnam has hosted such event after meetings in 1995 and 2004.
Vietnam Customs Director General Nguyen Ngoc Tuc took the occasion condemning China’s provocative actions in the East Sea, following its illegal placement of the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 deep within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.
He called on participating delegates to voice opposition to China’s act and support Vietnam’s peaceful struggle for justice.
Secretary General of World Customs Organisations (WCO) Kunio Mikuriya said the current East Sea tension partly affects maritime transport in the region. He expressed his belief that parties concerned will settle the dispute peacefully to ensure maritime safety and promote goods circulation and trade liberalisation in the East Sea and Asia-Pacific as well.
