WCO Secretary General Visits Yemen, Discusses Risk Management
At the invitation of Chairman Mohamed Zemam of Yemen Customs, World Customs Organization Secretary General Mikuriya visited Yemen from November 26-28, 2010. After onsite visits to the airport in Sana’a, capital of Yemen, and the maritime port in Aden, he held a series of meetings with Customs management, and political and business leaders to discuss ways to enhance the capacity of Customs in securing and facilitating global trade, taking into consideration the recent discovery of explosives in air cargo departing from Yemen.
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During the meeting with the Customs management team, Zemam stated that the priority of Yemen Customs has shifted from being revenue-centric to trade security linked to trade facilitation.They discussed the need to develop risk management and the collecting and sharing of information. Mikuriya explained that Customs may not be the source of first intelligence information, but with its vast knowledge of goods trade patterns and traders, it could provide useful information for a wider intelligence community based on the first intelligence report.Therefore it would be necessary to get quality information in a timely manner from business for managing risk and exchange and share information with other Customs administrations and other border agencies.