26 January: International Customs Day

• 28 Jan 2022

• The International Customs Day (ICD) is celebrated on 26 January to commemorate the inaugural session of the World Customs Organisation (WCO), which was held on this day in 1953.
• The day also raises awareness about the importance of customs authorities and their role in the smooth movement of goods across borders.
• The WCO is dedicating 2022 to scaling up Customs Digital Transformation by Embracing a Data Culture and Building a Data Ecosystem.

About WCO

• The World Customs Organization (WCO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.
• Today, WCO members are responsible for customs controls in 183 countries representing more than 98 percent of all international trade.
• Kunio Mikuriya is the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO).