Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise Department Celebrates International Customs Day 2017

Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise Department Celebrates International Customs Day 2017 With a Week of Activities. 

 Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 23, 2017 (SKNIS): Her Majesty's Customs and Excise Department in festivity of International Customs Day (ICD) 2017, slated for Thursday, January 26, propelled seven days of exercises, which initiated with a congregation benefit on Sunday, January 22.


Head administrator and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honorable Timothy Harris, said that acknowledgment is frequently given to the Customs and Excise Department for the work they do.

"Every year, our Nation stops at uncommon minutes to recall and to praise the noteworthy commitments made by the many gatherings and associations whose day by day work emphatically impacts the development and advancement of our Country," he said.

The week of exercises proceeds with today, Monday, January 23, with visits to chose schools on both islands. Dr. Harris noticed that the visit is gone for uncovering "youngsters to the awesome open doors and sound duties" accessible at Customs. The administration group is relied upon to meet with ranchers, anglers, agro-processors and different partners on Tuesday, January 24. As indicated by Prime Minister Harris, this meeting will be outfitted towards talking about "the status of the Customs Department to meet partner desires and to encourage their imports and fares as per the soon to actualized Trade Facilitation Agreement of the World Trade Organization".

"At that point, on Wednesday, January 25, we will proceed in the soul of national solidarity to energize nearer participation between the officers of the St. Kitts Division and the Nevis Division of the Department. To this end, chose officers on every island will on Wednesday take a shot at the opposite side of the Narrows in our Officer Exchange Day," said Dr. Harris. "On Thursday, January 26, which is International Customs Day 2017, we will respect six previous Customs Officers in acknowledgment of their times of model support of the association and to the Nation. The Department will likewise on that night have a board dialog on national TV ZIZ, to welcome and address the perspectives and worries of the considerable number of individuals."

The Customs and Excise Department on both islands will have an Open Day on Friday, January 27, where all are welcome to witness and take in more about the operations of Customs. The week finishes on Saturday, January 28 with a family fun day.

Executive Harris utilized the event to praise the persevering men and ladies of the St. Kitts and Nevis Customs and Excise Departments and said that the week will be impactful as it honors the critical part of the officers to the proceeded with advance of the Nation.

"I am certain that this will be seven days in the records of the Customs and Excise Department and for our Country. It will set the correct tone for a fruitful year for every one of us. That is the reason it gives me extraordinary delight, as the Prime Minister of the Federation and Minister of Finance, to pronounce open Customs Week 2017 and implore God's favoring on each arranged occasion in the logbook of exercises ," he said.
 ICD 2017 will be praised under the worldwide topic "Information Analysis for Effective Border Management". The day is seen by custom associations consistently on January 26 and is commended to honor the primary authority gathering of the Customs Co-operation Council – the World Customs Organization (WCO). WCO was set up in 1952 as a self-sufficient body to improve the viability of the traditions organizations around the world.


 About the Blogger: Adedamola Adewoye is a Senior custom relationship officer with VHI Cargo. He has over 15 years experience interfacing with Nigeria custom and other Government agencies at the port.
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