Fourth CAREC Customs Cooperation Committee Meeting
The Fourth Meeting of the Customs Cooperation Committee (CCC) was convened on 7-9 September 2005 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to review the progress and give guidance on priorities and future direction of the CAREC’s Trade Facilitation Program.
The Meeting focused on
- deliberation on the priority areas of the CAREC’s Trade Facilitation Program, and
- discussion on the strategy to broaden the Trade Facilitation agenda.
Background and Objectives
The Customs Cooperation Committee (CCC) consists of the heads/deputy heads of customs administrations joining the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program supported by ADB.
The CCC provides overall coordination and supervision to the CAREC’s Trade Facilitation Program to promote customs reforms and modernization as a medium-term priority. The CCC has also been serving as a forum to promote an integrated trade facilitation approach through inter-agency cooperation and partnership with the business community. The CCC convenes the meeting each year.
The previous CCC Meetings were held in Urumqi, People’s Republic of China (PRC) on 20-21 August 2002; Tashkent, Republic of Uzbekistan on 9-10 October 2003; and in Baku, Azerbaijan on 1-3 December 2004.
Event Materials
Key Documents
- Program
- Statement of the 4th CCC Meeting
- Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program Report
- Welcome Address by Hon. N. Altankhuyag, Minister of Finance, Mongolia
- Opening Remarks by Ms. Noy Siackhachanh, Director, Governance, Finance and Trade Division, East and Central Asia Department, ADB
- Closing Remarks by Mr. K.H. Baatar Director General, Customs General Administration of Mongolia
- Concluding Remarks by Ms. Noy Siackhachanh, Director, Governance, Finance and Trade Division, East and Central Asia Department, ADB
- Participants
Presentation Materials
- Kyrgyz Republic: Simplified Transit System (Paper and Presentation)
- Tajikistan: Agreement on Transit of Goods by Automobile Transport
- Kyrgyz Republic: Joint Customs Control
- Uzbekistan: Data Exchange and Information and Communication Technologies for Customs Automation (Paper and Presentation)
- World Customs Organization Capacity Building for Customs Administration (Paper and Presentation)
- ASEAN Single Window Initiative
- Mongolia Trade Facilitation and Customs Modernization Strategy (Paper and Presentation)
- Mongolia: A Proposed Single Electronic Window Framework