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December 18, 2015
From 14-18 December, eight senior officials from the Excise Division of the General Department of Customs & Excise (GDCE) of Indonesia visited CCES in Thailand to further their studies of excise taxation. The visit is a key piece of the GDCE Excise Focus Group which is looking to strengthen the excise tax system of Indonesia. The visit, led by Mr […]
December 18, 2015
The Chief Commissioner of the Papua New Guinea Customs Service, Mr Ray Paul recently visited the Centre for Customs and Excise Studies (CCES). Chief Commissioner Paul was accompanied by the Director, Office of the Commissioner, Mr Donny Kowrupa and Mr Tim Sheppard, Senior Customs Advisor to the Strongim Gavman Program. Both Chief Commissioner Paul and Senior Advisor Sheppard have previously […]
December 18, 2015
In the lead up to Christmas, CCES continued the Laos Trade Facilitation Development Program by conducting both Train the Trainer and Management Development workshops centred on trade facilitation and cooperative efforts among the Government Departments and the public and private sectors in Laos. The Train the Trainer Program was conducted in Luang Prabang, the ancient capital of Luang Prabang Province […]
November 18, 2015
Rob Preece CCES, and Dr Mikhail Kashubsky, CCES and Secretary of the International Network of Customs Universities (INCU) participated in events organised under the Sino Australia Customs Culture Exchange program held at the Jingan Library in Shanghai. Rob and Mikhail presented a number of books to the Library which holds many customs and trade journals, articles and statistics, then participated […]
November 18, 2015
Prof David Widdowson and A/Prof Rob Preece from CCES are currently involved in research into opportunities for the ASEAN Economic Community to become a leading automobile production centre. Specifically, they are exploring ways in which reforms of automobile excise taxes in ASEAN may lead to regional production growth and pro-environment outcomes. The research scope includes the use of excise reform […]
November 18, 2015
Senior Lecturer Rob Preece delivered CCES’s Indirect Taxation at the Shanghai Customs College (SCC) as part of its Master of Taxation program. The Unit followed successful delivery of CCES’s Direct Taxation and Environment Taxation in the last 12 months. Some 38 students undertook the course which was delivered on the SCC Campus between 12 and 23 October. CCES and SCC […]
November 18, 2015
In November 2015, Customs officers from the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), Mozambique Revenue Authority (MRA) and Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) along with an industry representative from Cameroon completed the MBA in Customs, offered by the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) in collaboration with CCES. 50% of the curriculum is taught by ESAMI encompassing general management and accounting content […]
October 27, 2015
This month one of our esteemed PhD Candidates, Ms Ji Soo Yi from Korea was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Her research thesis was titled, “Rules of Origin and Korea’s Use of Free Trade Agreements”. Among other things, Ji Soo’s research examines the reasons for the general underutilisation of Free Trade Agreements, with a particular focus on the […]
October 27, 2015
Our Medal winner for Semester 1, 2015 is Alistair Gall. He Graduated this month with the Master of International Customs Law & Administration. Throughout his studies he maintained a High Distinction average. Alistair is a Scottish National and has spent the last 20 years of his career as a specialist customs consultant working in many countries around the world including […]