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The newly released book “Cross-Border Logistics Operations: Effective trade facilitation and border management” discusses the role of customs and other border agencies within the wider context … of logistics and supply chain management. We invite you to read an excerpt from the book on extensive compliance requirements and to watch the interview with the author Prof. Dr. Andrew Grainger.

The first edition of the “Textbook of European Customs Law” was published 30 years ago. This year, the 10th edition was released. We talk to co-author Prof. Dr. Hans-Michael Wolffgang about the … book, studies and why businesses should invest in the customs education of their employees.

Customs agents (brokers) play a significant role as intermediaries between importers/ exporters and customs. Dr. Momchil Antov wrote a book on the topic of customs representation. We talk to … Mr. Antov about the book, customs developments in Bulgaria and what aspects should traders consider when hiring a customs broker.

This is a “coffee break” article in our new series featuring thought leaders in the field of customs. I’m delighted to speaking with Timothy Lyons, a barrister and Queen’s Counsel (England and … Wales), a barrister in the Republic of Ireland and a member of the Bar of Brussels. Those studying EU customs law as well as customs practitioners will most likely know Timothy through his book, EU Customs Law, published by the Oxford EU Law Library.

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.

In spite of recent challenges, the EU-US trading relationship is underpinned by deeply integrated economies. The European Commission website describes this relationship as defining world trade … and contributing as much as 40% to world GDP. Despite both the EU and the USA being modern developed economies, competition for global market share in addition societal changes brought about by an increase in globalisation has influenced trade policy. This has been particularly evident during the Trump presidency. This article tracks this difficult spell that we look to be emerging from and looks forward to what is hoped will be a détente in trade tensions between the two trading powerhouses on either side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Praktikoje dažnai kyla klausimas, kokiu terminu reikėtų taisyklingai vadinti bei apibrėžti muitų ir kitų importo mokesčių apskaičiavimą bei muitinės veiklą reguliuojančių teisės aktų visumą, … teikiant į ją nuorodas oficialiuose ir neoficialiuose dokumentuose, raštuose, susirašinėjime tarp privačių subjektų ir su valstybės institucijomis. Tai muitų teisė ar muitinės teisė?

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 and Northern Ireland, Switzerland, Ukraine, Mexico and the United States.

The possibility of tariff suspensions is actively used by businesses in the EU - importers save significant amounts of duties. It is also important for EU exporters, for instance, exporting their … products to the UK, where tariff suspensions are used as well and may result in increased demand for certain products from the EU. We are talking to Žydrė Bartaškienė, Adviser of the Tariff Division of the Customs Department, about various aspects of this topic - news, tariff classification of goods, financial planning in business, and others.

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.

The European Commission has published its 39th Annual Report on the use of trade defence instruments (TDIs) in 2020. The TDIs are applied to prevent unfair trade practices, mainly cheap imports … due to dumping or subsidies, which harm EU producers. However, EU importers, especially SMEs, are often caught by a newly launched TDI unprepared and not aware of the unfair trade. The price of unawareness is high - the amount of import duties to be paid may be similar to the price of the goods themselves.

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 the 4th Customs Practitioners Conference in June. We also provide links to the conference records available for purchase (members of the Customs Practitioners Association are free of charge, see the benefits and conditions of membership) [1] and articles published by some speakers after the conference. Please note that the Customs Practitioners Association is preparing for the 5th Customs Practitioners Conference, which will take place on 2 December in Kaunas and online. We invite you to propose topics, raise questions and, of course, participate! More information will be published soon in www.lcpa.lt, contacts: info@lcpa.lt

The removal of the World’s 5th largest economy (the UK) from the EU Single Market faced all European countries with an unprecedented challenge – to rapidly develop business understanding and … expert competence in customs, trade and international regulation – in an environment where the progressive liberalisation of trade had effectively depleted customs expertise over a period of 50 years. Brexit also presents us with a unique opportunity to address some key questions in training.

The article analyses new strategic document of the EU’s Commission (presented to the public in February, 2021, and currently discussed in other EU institutions) called “Trade Policy Review - … An Open, Sustainable and Assertive Trade Policy”. This document (strategy) aims to establish a new consensus for trade policy in the EU and sets new core objectives for the regulation of trade and customs issues with specific third countries. Taking into account this aspect, this article summarizes and critically evaluates the provisions of the new strategy designed to regulate trade with the EU's main foreign trade partners (United States, China, Russia, India, other countries of the BRICS region) and describes the significance of the strategy for international trade business and its taxation.

Ne paslaptis jog pandemijos laikotarpis stipriniai pakeitė ir pakoregavo daugelio iš mūsų gyvenimus bei kasdienybę, kasdienę rutiną apvertė aukštyn kojomis. Dalis šalies gyventojų prarado darbus … ir buvo priversti ieškoti naujų karjeros galimybių. Smagu tai, jog žmonės nebijo net didžiausių pokyčių. Praradę darbus yra pasiryžę iš naujo mokytis ir kardinaliai pakeisti darbo pobūdį bei profesiją.

“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 master data, the complexity of training of a specialist in customs, and more.

“A customs topic or not? What is the most complex customs topic?” - a discussion among authors of the CCRM journal on the topic took place in June during the 6th Authors’ Meeting. The authors … of this article shared views on several challenges in Ireland and the UK aftermath of Brexit: meeting non-customs requirements in Northern Ireland and two models for processing import shipments in the ports in the UK.

The World Customs Journal is the leading international academic journal on customs. How was the idea to start the journal born? What are the challenges and rewards of being an editor of the journal? … Prof. Dr. Hans-Michael Wolffgang kindly agreed to answer these and some more interview questions for the CCRM journal.

Įsibėgėjus Asmenų, pageidaujančių teikti atstovavimo muitinėje paslaugas, internetiniam mokymo kursui, kviečiame susipažinti su šių kursų lektoriumi dr. Gediminu Valantiejumi. Gediminas yra ILAW … LEXTAL advokatas, Mykolo Romerio universiteto Viešojo valdymo ir verslo fakulteto ES mokesčių ir muitų teisės srities dalykų lektorius. Mokymo kursuose – teisinės atsakomybės, laikinojo saugojimo ir tikslinio naudojimo temomis Gedimino parengti moduliai. Interviu metu kalbame apie tai, kas lektorių sudomino pasirinkti muitinės sritį, kaip efektyviai mokintis ir kitais klausimais.

Global Trade and Customs Journal (GTCJ) is a journal for practitioners around the world. It started 16 years ago. How was the idea born? What are the main topics covered in the GTCJ? What are … the most challenging and rewarding aspects of being on the editorial board of the Journal? The general editor Jeffrey L. Snyder kindly agreed to answer these and other interview questions.