On 11 June Kiribati became a contracting party to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonisation of Customs Procedures.
The Revised Kyoto Convention, a WCO legal instrument known as the blueprint for modern and effective Customs procedures in the 21st Century, was also widely used in the negotiations on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA).
Accession to the RKC and, above all, its implementation, complements countries’ efforts towards ratification and implementation of the WTO TFA. With the accession of Kiribati, the Revised Kyoto Convention now has 114 Contracting Parties.