On the 4th of November 1952, the Convention on Customs Cooperation Council entered into force and the current World Customs Organization was established with 17 members. The inauguration of this council was held on the 26th of January 1953. Nowadays the World Customs Organization has 183 members that are responsible for the 98% of the international trade worldwide.
An officer from the Customs Offence Prevention unit of Zamiin-Uud Customs seized 100 thousand excise duty stamps attempted to be smuggled through the southern border by a Mongolian citizen B coming from the PRC on 19 January 2019 concealed in his vehicle UAZ 469. The offence is deemed criminal in nature and the case has been transferred to the local prosecution’s office.
The customs organization contributed 2.73 trillion MNT to state budget revenue surpassing the initial commitment of 2.19 trillion by 124.6%. A total of 530 thousand export clearance and 256 thousand import clearance were completed and 95% of the export clearance was via paperless technology.
During the physical inspection of goods declared as health products at the Ulaanbaatar Customs, officers seized 30 kgs of “Panaxadiol”. The import of this injection is restricted and requires special permit from the relevant authorities. The origin of this illicit import was from the DPRK and the seizure occurred on 4 January 2019.
The Annual Sports Competition among the government agencies organized from 21-25 November, 2018. Total of 13 administrations participated in the “Sport Competition-2018” which consisted of 6 types of sports. By total points, the Bank of Mongolia took the 1st place, Mongolian Customs General Administration earned the 2nd place, and the State Bank earned 3rd place with bronze medal.