Customs & Trade Facilitation

Mandate

To promote simplified customs and transport policies and procedures as well as other measures to facilitate international trade.

Priority Projects

Champion effective customs measures to ease supply chain disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Champion the adoption of digitalized customs processes – leveraging successful pilot projects implemented by the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation.
Scale business engagement in key World Customs Organization committees – including on valuation and product classifications.
Lead industry engagement on emerging policy issues within the World Customs Organization in areas such as the circular economy and data transfers.
Provide a platform to identify – and respond to – key in-country trade facilitation challenges utilizing the full reach of ICC’s national committee network.
Make the business case for governments to adopt a permanent prohibition on the application of customs duties to data transfers at the World Trade Organization’s next Ministerial Conference.*

Committee on Customs and Trade Regulations

Provide input into the work of the World Customs Organization (WCO) on customs valuation and classification including through the WCO Private Sector Consultative Group.
Build on the success of the inaugural ICC Symposium on Trade Facilitation and hold follow-up event.
Encourage convergence between tax and customs authorities on transfer pricing and customs valuation.
Produce “ICC Guidelines for Traders” and increase dissemination of ICC Customs Guidelines to national customs administrations.
Revisit the impact of customs duties on trade in intellectual property and services.
Map out work on rules of origin to address the growing number of bilateral/regional FTAs.

Swiss Delegates