A High-Level Framework for Green Customs and Research Agenda

In this paper we propose a high-level framework for Green Customs which links the policy developments related to circular economy (CE), to customs and related stakeholder groups, customs activities, and customs innovative capabilities. The framework allows customs to better understand these links and identify capability gaps for circular economy...

Digital Infrastructures for Governance of Circular Economy: A Research Agenda

Circular economy and sustainability are high on the political agendas of governments. Governments, but also other actors like banks, insurance companies, and auditing firms play a key role in setting (regulatory) requirements, instruments and incentives, as well as monitoring mechanisms to stimulate and monitor CE activities. Governance of CE...

Extended Data Pipeline for Circular Economy Monitoring

Circular economy (CE) and sustainability are high on the political agenda of governments nationally and internationally. Governments are developing instruments to stimulate the CE, but without monitoring in place, these measures can be subject to abuse, failing to achieve the desired effects. CE monitoring, however, is still a nascent topic in...

Innovative Data Analytics, Data Sources, and Architecture for European Customs Risk Management: D8.8 Policy, Research and Standardization Recommendations

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eCommerce Platforms Evaluation Framework for Government

The international trade flow of e-commerce goods have reached unprecedented volumes. Ensuring undisrupted flow of cross-border eCommerce goods has become one of the top priorities for customs administrations around the world. Customs has a role in safeguarding public values such as safety and security, revenue collection, and stimulation of the...

The changing role of Customs: Customs aligning with supply chain and information management

The World Customs Organization (WCO) Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade (SAFE) introduced concepts of supply chain supervision and authorised operator schemes. While it has been implemented in many countries, supply chain supervision still requires further exploration and development. In this article we present a vision...

A framework for voluntary business-government information sharing

Over the last few decades, businesses have developed sophisticated information systems that allow the capture of vast amounts of data. Such data can be potentially useful for enabling government authorities to improve their processes and services. For example, access to business documents and track and trace information associated with supply...

Public Funding in Collective Innovations for Public–Private Activities

Whereas in market-driven situations the private parties have an interest in driving innovations towards implementation, in the case of public concerns, it is often the public concern that initiates the innovation process. The issue for the public funding agencies is then to stimulate idea generation and the process towards implementation and...

A new approach to e-commerce customs control in China: Integrated supply chain: A practical application towards large-scale data pipeline implementation

Developments in e-commerce are presenting new challenges in customs control and China's customs agency is developing a new approach to how it addresses these challenges. China Customs has adopted an integrated supply chain approach to secure international trade lanes and to facilitate legitimate trade. We present a case study analysis of an...

Educating the next generation of customs professionals

Are there ways to improve compliance, safety, security,<br/>operational efficiency and information quality in<br/>international trade? Reduce the administrative burden<br/>for business and government? Foster the uniform<br/>application of Customs legislation? Encourage mutual<br/>understanding between the public and private sector,<br/>and even...

Enhancing Visibility in International Supply Chains: The Data Pipeline Concept

With increasing global trade and growing emphasis on security, enhanced information sharing between actors in global supply chains is required. Currently, the data about cargo available in the supply chain does not provide a timely and accurate description of the goods. To solve this data quality issue, data should be captured upstream at the...