Customs DG-Commissioner Meeting on Trade Facilitation
Agenda

Registration

Opening Remarks by Yukiyasu Aoyama, Director-General, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance (MOF), Japan

Opening Remarks by Kunio Mikuriya, Deputy Secretary-General, World Customs Organization (WCO)

Opening Remarks by Masahiro Kawai, Dean, ADB Institute

Opening Remarks by Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Vice President, KM & SD, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Break / Photo Session

Keynote Speech: Trade Facilitation and the Role of WCO by Kunio Mikuriya

Lunch

The Economic Impact of Trade Facilitation: An Introduction by Fan Zhai, Economist, ADB

Economic Impact of Trade Facilitation by Douglas Brooks, Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

Break

Trade Facilitation Initiatives of Australian Customs Administration by TBD

Capacity Building/ Development Activities on Trade Facilitation of ADB and WCO by Teruo Ujiie, Trade Specialist, ADB and Takashi Matsumoto, Head and Fund Manager, WCO Asia Pacific Regional Office

Cocktail Reception hosted by Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, ADB

Trade Facilitation - Experience of Japan Custom by Yukiyasu Aoyama, MOF, Japan

Break

Trade Facilitation Through Regional Customs Cooperation

Facilitator: Masakazu Sakaguchi, Deputy Director General, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

Lead Speaker: Mr. J. K. Batra, Director-General, Safeguards and Trade Facilitation, Department of Revenue, India,

Discussants: Mr. Jaseem Ahmed, Director, Governance, Finance and Trade Division, Southeast Asia Department, ADB

Thailand

Lunch

Trade Facilitation Through Information Communication Technology

Facilitator: Mr. Jaseem Ahmed, ADB

Lead Speaker: TBD, Malaysia

Discussants: R. McDonagh, Deputy Director, Compliance and Facilitation Directorate, WCO and Gaozhang Zhu, Director-General, International Cooperation Department, General Administration of Customs, PRC

Trade Facilitation Through Partnership with Private Sector

Facilitator : Kunio Mikuriya, WCO

Lead Speaker : Napoleon Morales, Commissioner of Customs, Bureau of Customs, Philippines

Discussants: Koji Hashimoto, General Manager, Trade Promotion and Administration Group, Japan Machinery Center for Trade and Investment

Teguh Indrayana, Director, Customs Technique, Indonesia

Break

Wrap-up Session by Masakazu Sakaguchi and Masaaki Kaizuka, Director, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

Closing by Teruo Ujiie, ADB

Departure for Tokyo Customs

Arrival at Tokyo Customs

Courtesy Call to TBD by Toru Nanki, Director-General, Tokyo Customs

Introduction of Tokyo Customs and Site visits

Lunch

Departure for Hotel Okura

Free Time

Reception hosted by Vice Minister or Yukiyasu Aoyama, MOF, Japan