DUSHANBE, July 6, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe, Tajikistan (5 July 2012) – Over the course of four days, nineteen customs inspectors from Customs Committee participated in the training on customs cost control, organized by the EU-UNDP Border Management Program in Central Asia (BOMCA) and the International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), press release issued by the European Union (EU) Delegation to Tajikistan on July 5 said.

Trainers from the European Union (Latvia) presented the method of defining correct customs cost of imported goods, risk factors important for defining customs cost, and operations of customs officers during customs clearances to correctly define customs cost.

Trainers explained to participants what the system of risk management is with examples from customs’ activities in Lithuania and Latvia, technical means used when defining customs cost and resources used after completing customs clearances.

Together with participants trainers discussed problematic issues of customs cost control and the ways of solving them in practice.

The overall objectives of BOMCA are to help increase security in the Central Asian region, to contribute toward the facilitation of legitimate trade and transit, and to reduce the illicit movement of goods and people.

The BOMCA Program is funded by the European Union and implemented by UNDP with ICMPD as an implementing partner.