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Events in the ASYCUDA Programme
22/2/2010 LAO PDR and UNCTAD sign agreement for the deployment of ASYCUDA World More Info
1/1/2010 CAMBODIA - ASYCUDA goes live : The Minister for Finance and the Director General of Customs launched ASYCUDA in PPIA airport and Dryport.
28/12/2009 SRI LANKA - Customs automated from January 1 : The gradual upgrade of ASYCUDA in Sri Lanka saw the introduction of the automated electronic submission of manifest implemented on 1st January 2010.
25/11/2009 SINDA 2010 or the paperless environment for foreign trade operations
19/11/2009 AFGHANISTAN – ASYCUDA operational in Kunduz Customs House
The Afghan Customs’ ASYCUDA Team implemented the Afghan ASYCUDA++ system in Kunduz Customs House without the assistance of the UNCTAD ASYCUDA experts (first ASYCUDA++ declaration attached). This confirms that the joint work during the last years made the Afghan ASYCUDA Team self-sufficient from technical viewpoint.
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Updates to the Website
27/6/2009 ALBANIA - Updated project information.
30/3/2009 AFGHANISTAN - Updated ASYCUDA information/ASYCUDA Implementation Map.
17/6/2008 GEORGIA - Updated country and ASYCUDAWorld information.
8/1/2008 MOLDOVA - Updated country and ASYCUDAWorld information.
21/2/2007 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - Updated country and ASYCUDA information

Other News and Announcements
22/4/2009 ALBANIA - ASYCUDAWorld (AW) presented to the Executive Workshop on Electronic Government
AW presentation was followed by a live demo of AW Single Widow capabilities and its support to the effective cooperation between border control agencies.
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8/12/2008 - 12/12/2008 RUSSIAN FEDERATION - UNCTAD Trade Facilitation Mission
A delegation of UNCTAD has visited Moscow to discuss future areas of co-operation on trade facilitation, in the light of UNCTAD XII decisions.
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4/8/2008 - 29/8/2008 ALBANIA - ASYCUDAWorld Training Events
A series of training events and awareness sessions have been organised by the Albanian Customs Administration (ACA), in the preparation for the operational launch nationwide of the ACA AW Transit System.
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16/6/2008 - 20/6/2008 AFGHANISTAN - ASYCUDA Telecommunications Training course, organised for the technical members of the ASYCUDA Project Team in the Afghan Customs Department. More Info
5/6/2008 - 6/6/2008 GEORGIA-AZERBAIJAN: Technical meeting on exchange of Customs pre-arrival data
The State Customs Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic kindly hosted a trilateral technical meeting with the Ministry of Finance/State Revenue Service of Georgia and with the UNCTAD/ASYCUDA Programme on the automatic exchange of electronic data.
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Press Articles
22/2/2010 LAO PDR - The Vientiane Times Customs clearance to be simplified. More Info
11/2/2010 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - THE GARDIAN Revenue collection a moving target—Tesheira.
7/2/2010 COMOROS - COMESA : The ASYCUDA Centre for the Moheli Island, one of the three islands of the Comoros Union, was launched on Tuesday the 26 January 2010.
26/1/2010 SIERRA LEONE - cocorioko.net : Tanu Jalloh, President of Sierra Leone Importers Association, said the “suspicion” and “distrust” between Customs and Importers will now end with the introduction of the computer-based ASYCUDA programme.
26/1/2010 NEPAL - Rising Nepal : Government officials, finance secretaries and entrepreneurs Tuesday said that the introduction of new reforms such as broker module and selectivity module in the customs department, has made customs service more transparent and convenient.