On 11 May more than a 1 000 delegates from over 80 countries attended the opening of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) Global Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Conference in Cancun, Mexico to discuss dynamic developments in the AEO programmes, which are widely acknowledged as a key driver for solid customs-business partnerships.
If you should search for “Authorised Economic Operator South Africa”, the first result that it returns is: “WCO Research Paper No. 8 - Compendium of Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Programmes (July 2010)”. Under the headline “Establishing SAFE AEOs Worldwide” it states that “Namibia, Botswana and South Africa are working together on a number of issues in AEO design and implementation.”
Should you search “Authorised Economic Operator Sars”, the first result that returns is “Accreditation - Sars”, which in the fourth paragraph reads “The Sars Preferred Trader Compliance programme has been designed to be equivalent to the European Union (EU) Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Compliance model.”