The Customs Café brings groups together to discuss in-depth the issues facing you as a customs professional. This is an opportunity to connect with peers and industry leaders and find solutions to the challenges that you are facing. Each participant can choose to join two of the following topics:

Following the implementation of the UCC, this session will examine the specific areas which have changed, how the rules are being applied and how professionals are dealing with these changes including the new definition of exporter of record, the new definition of transaction value and the new definition of royalties and license fees.

Gain insights on how to meet all of the requirements in order to become an AEO certified company and how to speed up the certification process. In addition, the session will also look at what you have to do in your company to make sure that you remain AEO compliant.

With customs professionals increasingly having to ensuring the correct licenses are in place for their company’s controlled goods, this session will explore how to ensure the correct procedures are in place and what controls you need to have to export into different countries.

This session will explore how regulation is evolving to keep pace with developments in e-commerce. It will look at the World Customs Organization framework of standards on cross-border e-Commerce.

Discover how global companies are dealing with everyday customs issues within their compliance programmes and operating models. You will also gain insights on how to get your CEO’s, CFO’s and Board Members to provide support to customs functions.