UAE exchanges best customs practices in Azerbaijan

DUBAI, 13th August, 2017 (WAM) -- Learning best customs practices and services and keeping abreast of latest trade trends and regulations were the main objectives of Dubai Customs participating in a 5-day International Student Conference in Azerbaijan recently.

Themed "Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Customs Management", the conference brought together a number of notable speakers who included Nobel Laureates in Economic Sciences, Professor Edward Prescott of the Arizona State University, and Professor Christopher Pissarides, of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Professor Prescott delivered a presentation on "The current state of the US economy" while Professor Pissarides spoke on "Work in the Age of Robots and Artificial Intelligence".

Commenting on this participation, Edris Behzad, Client Management Director, who led DC delegation to the conference, said,"This event was a good opportunity to learn about the best customs practices and services and latest trade trends and regulations. The exchange of knowledge in this event has benefited all parties towards a better world trade workflow against all the current challenges".

He added that Dubai Customs keeps abreast of the latest trends and practices in the field to render the best possible services and facilitations in translation of the wise leadership's vision.

"The initiatives and projects implemented by Dubai Customs are part of its contribution towards the fulfilment of the strategic goals of Dubai Plan 2021" Behzad said.

The function was organised by the International Network of Customs Universities and the Baku Regional Office together with the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan Customs Academy.

In attendance were students and researchers of 31 countries specialising in customs at universities based in UAE, Azerbaijan, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, Senegal, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, the US, Uzbekistan and Vietnam–as well as customs specialists and representatives of the World Customs Organization, INCU, BP and Easy Frontier.

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