Z6_HQ8A1O82KORV80QC7UVVH72897
Z7_HQ8A1O82KORV80QC7UVVH724Q5

Georgi Kostov met with Li Guo, Deputy Minister of the General Administration of Customs of China

The Director General of the National Customs Agency Mr. Georgi Kostov met with Mr. Li Guo, Deputy Minister of the General Administration of Customs of China during the visit of the Chinese delegation to Bulgaria.
 
The main topics of the talks between Mr. Kostov and Mr. Guo were supply chain security and mutual recognition of Authorised Economic Operator programmes, which topics were defined also as spheres of cooperation between EU and PRC within the framework of the Agreement for cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in customs matters, in force as from 01.04.2005. The option for Bulgaria to be included in the next phase of the Project of the European Commission and China on Smart and Secure Trade Lanes was also discussed.
 
At the talks in the Central Customs Directorate, the Chinese side presented its new administrative structure, which since 2018 includes also border phytosanitary and veterinary control, as the aim of the measure is intensification of processing and reduction of the administrative burden both for the businesses and for the administration.
 
Within its visit, the Chinese delegation visited also the Customs Office of Slatina, as the practice for customs processing of agricultural production was of interest to the guests.

 

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4