On September 3, the #BRICS Customs Heads meeting, held this year under the chairmanship of the Federal Customs Service #FСS of Russia, took place.

⚡️ The parties summarised the results of customs cooperation on the platform and exchanged views on priority aspects of cooperation.

⚡️ One of the key outcomes of the meeting was the signing of the Joint Plan of Action on mutual recognition of AEO Customs programmes.

The meeting participants also agreed to:
🟣to strengthen customs co-operation;
🟣make comprehensive efforts to sign the Agreement on Co-operation and Mutual Administrative Assistance of the BRICS AEO Programmes as soon as possible
on co-operation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters;
🟣modernise customs co-operation into more
practice-oriented format;
🟣develop co-operation in the law enforcement sphere.

🇷🇺⚡️ During the meeting, Valery Pikalyov, Head of the FCS, emphasised the need to unite their efforts to provide comprehensive assistance to the new members of the association for their inclusion in the processes of customs co-operation on the BRICS platform.

🇮🇳 Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs of India, took part in the event.

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