WCO+Immediate+Release+Guidelines


 * Author/Source:** World Customs Organisation (WCO)
 * Year of adopting/publication:** 1990
 * Link to the document on the internet**: The full text of the IRG are available on the WCO website.
 * Purpose:** to provide a set of release procedures assisting Customs to expedite the release of small and low value consignments.
 * Summary:** The Guidelines contain categories of goods (documents; low value non-dutiable; low value dutiable) for which seperate data sets, de minimis values and declaration formalities were defined. The main principle of the IRG is the promotion of pre-arrival data submission and declaration processing so that Customs would be in a position to release the goods immediately upon arrival or even prior to the arrival.

Customs Risk Management De minimis Declaration Joint border controls Pre-arrival processing Release time
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