International Activities: Technical Cooperation
Customs Training Institute (CTI) conducts a variety of technical cooperation training courses (international training courses for the Customs officials of developing countries/areas in collaboration with the Customs and Tariff Bureau(CTB), Ministry of Finance, the regional Customs, etc.
WCO Global Workshop on Regionalization of Capacity Building (May, 2010)
1.Type of Training Course for Foreign Customs Officials
Training courses are financed by the following implementing bodies :
- Bilateral assistance technical cooperation program(CTB)
- WCO Customs Cooperation Fund (CCF/Japan)
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
 WCO/CCF Scholarship Programme (Sep, 2010) |  Country-focused Training Course on Thailand on Training Management(Nov, 2010) |  Training Course on Customs Valuation for ASEAN(Jan, 2011) |
2.History of international training courses
The training courses conducted by Japan Customs has been changed as follows
| 1970 | JICA programs started (JICA Seminar on Customs Administration) |
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| 1989 | CCF/JAPAN program started (enforcement, classification, chemical analysis and course) |
| 1996 | Bilateral assistance program started (enforcement, clearance, classification, IPR, advanced management, training of narcotics detector dogs, and chemical analysis course) |
3.Outline of International Training Courses
CTI set up the Office of the International Customs Cooperation Center (ICCC) which was in charge of international training course in 1997. Since then it has been played the pivotal role to conduct the international training courses in Japan Customs administration. The ICCC was restructured as the International Training Division in 2006.
In resent years, the following courses have been conducted at CTI.
- Trade Facilitation
- Customs Valuation
- Post Clearance Audit
- HS Classification and Advance Ruling System
- Rules of Origin
- Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
- Training Management
- JICA Seminar on Customs Administration
- JICA Country-focused Training Couses
- WCO/CCF Fellowship/Internship Programme, etc.
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 WCO/CCF Scholarship Programme (Sep, 2010) |  WCO/CCF Fellowship/Internship Programme (Mar, 2011) |
4.Activities of WCO Asia Paciffic Regional Training Centre
CTI was designated as a WCO Regional Training Centre(RTC) of WCO Asia Paciffic Region in June, 2004. Since then, it has hosted WCO Regional Seminars and workshops in cooperation with WCO.
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WCO Regional Workshop on AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) (Jan, 2010)
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Regional Workshop on Canine(K9) Capacity Enhancement(May, 2010)
To past participants of training courses at the CTI
CTI has issued its periodic newsletters via e-mail. For this purpose, we would like to update our participant list in former training courses. Please inform us of the following information by e-mail :
1. Your Name
2. Your Nationality
3. Course Attended (including year/month)
4. Your Current Position (Office and title,etc)
5. Your E-mail Address
6. Your Message to us, etc..
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