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NCS Command and Staff College In December 2011, the World Customs Organization commissioned the NCS Command and Staff College as a Regional Training Centre. Integrity Integrity is one of the biggest challenges facing the Customs Service of any developing country and NCS makes no claim to be an exception. NCS has acknowledged the importance of improving integrity in the service and has, moreover, redefined the concept of integrity in a more demanding way. The integrity to which NCS aspires includes not merely effective anti-corruption efforts – crucial though these are – but also high overall expectations of the level of service to be provided. It is pursuing this aspiration, not through idealistic declarations, but through a hard-headed, realistic and multifaceted set of policies. Customs-Stakeholder Relations NCS increasingly strives to enlist private sector stakeholders as partners. The Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) model assumes a Customs-to-Business partnership predicated on trust, responsibility and accountability, resulting in predictability and swift processing. De facto AEO relationships already exist in the form of the ‘Fast-Track’ (Blue Channel) programme in place for selected manufacturers and the system of Customs-Licensed Clearing Agents. A more comprehensive system would result in numerous benefits to AEOs, including low risk profiles, streamlined procedures and improved communications with NCS. They would have earned this through a track record of compliance, possession of the necessary management systems, proof of financial solvency and compliance with appropriate security and safety standards. www.customs.gov.ng IMPORTATION INTO NIGERIA JUST GOT EASIER In line with the new Import Guidelines, Procedures and Documentation Requirements, recently released by the Federal Ministry of Finance, importation of goods into Nigeria has been reviewed to reflect the take-over of the Destination Inspection Scheme by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Here is a step-by-step approach to guide importers/agents through the import process:


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