ARMENIA WILL BECAME A MODEL COUNTRY OF CUSTOMS REFORMS

Aysor
Oct 23 2009
Armenia

"We want to turn Armenia into a model country of customs reforms,"
said at press-conference WCO Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya who is
paying his first two-day working visit to Armenia.

According to Mr. Mikuriya, both World Customs Organization (WCO)
and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have praised Armenian
strategic reforming programs in customs. In IFC 2009 "Doing Business"
report Armenia has improved its standing in the world customs rankings
and rose by 34 positions. Mr. Mikuriya said Armenia moves towards
international customs standards with its emphasis of active use of
informational technology.

"I came here to Armenia to review reforming and to see how we can
contribute to its development," said WCO Secretary General.

Chairman of the State Revenue Committee, Gagik Khachatryan, in his
part, said that the strategic reforming programs were carried out
within a joint "Columbus" project aimed at assessment of the capacity
of customs-houses in different countries over the world.

According to him, within this two-year program there were implemented
provisions which don’t require financial injections.