A meeting was held at the European Regional Office for Capacity Building of the World Customs Organization (WCO) on the development of cooperation that attended by representatives of the State Customs Service under the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic including RTC Bishkek, the OSCE Program Office in Bishkek and ROCB Europe team.

11th Meeting of the Regional Structures of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Europe Region was held on 12-15 October 2021. The meeting, organized by the Regional Office for Capacity Building for the World Customs Organization Europe Region (ROCB Europe), was hosted by Regional Training Center (RTC) in Bishkek of the State Customs Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic with support of the OSCE Program

On October 22, 2021, Deputy Chairman of the State Customs Service of Ukraine , Mr. Ruslan Çerkasskiy, visited the ROCB Europe office as part of his official visit to Azerbaijan. During the meeting with Mr. Eser Çengel, Director of the ROCB Europe, discussions were held on the prospects for the development of bilateral relations.

Azerbaijan Customs continues its operations in order to prevent illicit trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances going through the territory of the country. Successful operations by Azerbaijani Customs Officers that prevent an attempt to smuggle more than 660.4 kilograms of heroin.

Today, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the formation of the customs service, the XII International Scientific and Practical Conference "30 years of the Customs Service of Independent Belarus: from the experience of the past to the synergy of the future" was held in Minsk, organized by the State Customs Committee.

The World Customs Organization in close cooperation with the Regional Office for Capacity Building for the World Customs Organization Europe Region (ROCB Europe) organized a virtual National Workshop on Customs Valuation for Customs Officials of Turkmenistan.

The Customs Temporary Admission Manual has been amended to include further information on the process of applying for authorisation on the Customs Decisions System (CDS).

On July 30, the Customs Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan held a press conference on the activities of customs authorities in the first half of 2021.

The revenues of the Customs Service in the first 7 months of 2021 amount to about 15 billion Leu, increasing by 25.5% compared to the revenues from the corresponding interval of 2020.

In close cooperation between the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Regional Office for Capacity Building for the World Customs Organization Europe Region (ROCB Europe), an integrity development workshop was carried out from 7-9 July 2021 for the State Customs Committee of Turkmenistan.

The 2021 update of the UNCTAD SDG Pulse illustrates in numbers countries’ progress and challenges in achieving the sustainable development goals by 2030.It presents analysis for a range of the sustainable development goals’ (SDGs) indicators and others relevant to trade, investment, financing for development, debt, transport and technology.

Representatives of the customs authorities of Belarus and China, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Belarus and the Embassy of Belarus in China took part in the meeting of the Commission in the video conference mode.