Our trainers have a long and valued customs & excise experience based on years of experience in the industry, in international consultancy and customs administration. With their expertise in training, they will empower participants to deal with technical and operational problems accompanying current and new projects that must be implemented to respond to the many challenges raised by the international customs environment.

Our experts lead training programs on customs & excise topics with different learning organisations. These training sessions are open to global, regional, and national economic trade operators. Regular training sessions take place with Kluwer, Portilog and Voka. Our team members are also regular speakers at seminars on customs & excise topics. Customs4trade is advisor for customs & excise issues to Federations and Trade Associations such as Agoria and Essenscia. In that position workshops are regularly organised to inform and update the members. For more details on topics, dates and locations, please check our events.

Check the calendar of upcoming events.

Customs4trade also responded to the demand for open training courses in our office in Mechelen, Belgium. Therefor we have several 2-day sessions planned for Basic Customs. The registration fee is 700€ for 2 training days and the number of participants is limited to 5 persons. For more details on these courses, check C4T trainings.

Check the calender of upcoming C4T trainings.

Customs4trade is member of the International Network of Customs Universities (INCU). The objectives are to promote academic excellence in customs law and administration, generate greater public awareness of customs matters, provide the World Customs Organisation and other organisations with a single point of contact with universities and research institutes that are active in the field of customs research, education and training, manage the production of the World Customs Journal, and provide a global resource for governments and the private sector, and an eductional source for students wishing to further their knowledge in the field of customs, international trade and logistics.

For more information on the International Network of Customs Universities, click here.

Would you like to know what’s (still) changing in the field of customs?

Legislation is constantly changing with complexit administration as result. Companies are getting more and more controls with in some cases, recovery of large amounts of import duties, taxes and fines. Being well informed about MCCIP, Simplified Procedures, AEO, EMCS and other relevant customs topics is crucial.

An efficient IT system is equally important. Therefore the customs infosession is followed by an ICT market where you can meet Porthus, Organi, Streamsoftware and SAP.

The info session takes place at Voka Mechelen on 17th June 2010. For more information, click here.

An online platform has been launched for the delivrance of the Certificates of Origin.  This platform is named the DigiChambers and has been developed by the Belgian Chambers of Commerce in cooperation with the Federal Public Service Economy and the Department for Administrative Simplification.

From now on, you have the possibility to apply online on the website of the DigiChambers for your Certificates of Origin and have them printed at your desk after approval of the Chamber of Commerce. You can upload attachments in several formats which are automatically converted to PDF.

You can contact your local Chamber of Commerce for more information. They are shortly organizing sessions on the use of this platform.

Click here for access to the DigiChambers website.

Op donderdag 29 januari organiseert de VOKA (Kamer van Koophandel van Antwerpen-Waasland) een praktische opleiding omtrent MASP. Deze studienamiddag zal de deelnemers inlichten over de geplande veranderingen en geeft uitleg over de nieuwe werkwijze inzake papierloze aangiften.

Het Meerjaren Strategisch Plan (MASP) is erop gericht de elektronische douane tot stand te brengen in de Europese Unie door geleidelijk aan de douaneprocedures op papier te vervangen door elektronische procedures. Hierdoor zal ook het aangifteproces in België grondige wijzigingen ondergaan. Het MASP is een voortzetting van het PLDA-project. Dit brengt voor heel wat ondernemingen wijzigingen mee, zoals de reorganisatie van werkprocessen en mogelijke aanpassingen aan douanesoftware.  Trainer voor deze opleiding is Pieter Haesaert van Customs4trade.