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2.CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES & CUSTOMS (CBIC)

CBIC celebrates International Customs Day, 2021.

INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS DAY:

Annually held on January 26, International Customs Day (ICD) recognizes the role of customs officials and agencies in maintaining border security.
It focuses on the working conditions and challenges that customs officers face in their jobs.
It was instituted by the World Customs Organization (WCO).
January 26th commemorates the day in 1952 when the inaugural session of the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC) was held in Brussels, Belgium.
In 1994 the CCC was renamed World Customs Organization (WCO) and today customs organizations from 183 countries are WCO members. The WCO is headquartered in Brussels
The theme for the 2021 commemoration was, “Customs bolstering Recovery, Renewal and Resilience for a sustainable supply chain”.