Suva, Fiji, August 24, 2020- There is a general agreement in the Oceania Customs Organisation members of the importance of the Pacific Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (PACHS) 2022, the internationally recognized upgraded system of classifying goods...
AN INTERVIEW WITH SALVADOR JACOBS, OCO CHAIR AND FSM HEAD OF TAX AND CUSTOMS DIVISION If he is not busy as head of the Tax and Customs Division in the Federated States of Micronesia, Salvador Jacobs would be out fishing with families and friends. Or you would find him...
Suva, Fiji, August 10, 2021. The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) with support from the Australian Border Force (ABF) held the third OCO Pacific Small Craft Application (OPSCA) Regional Coordinators Forum as part of its ongoing efforts to improve the region’s...
Suva, Fiji, June 18, 2021- Helping OCO members’ combat transnational crimes is critical to the regional effort to keep our Pacific borders safe, says OCO Head of Secretariat, Richard Brennan. “We are more effective as a region if we all work together to fight...
Suva, Fiji, June 16, 2021- COVID-19 has not only decimated Pacific Island economies, it has also catapulted to the fore the urgent need to move towards digital economies and the importance of e-commerce if we are to be on par with the rest of the world. A report...
Suva, Fiji,08 June 2021- The OCO Head of Secretariat, Richard Brennan says the more knowledge OCO members have of organized crimes, the better they will be in catching criminals and disrupting transnational crimes. “Criminals are very creative and we need to be up to...
