On 03 November 2022, the World Customs Organization (WCO) announced that it had launched a new Online AEO Compendium (OAC) that can be found at https://aeo.wcoomd.org/.
With the financial support from Dubai Customs and the Customs Cooperation Fund Korea (CCF/Korea), the new OAC will replace the current annual AEO Compendium compilation and publication processes.
It is worth highlighting the advantages of the OAC compared to the paper-based AEO Compendium. These advantages include:
Members have dedicated access rights, making it easy to input, update, validate and manage their information in real-time;
Replacing the free text information with structured information making it possible to search through, harmonise and eliminate duplications;
Enabling new ways to view, understand and analyse AEO- and MRA-related information at multiple levels, including globally, by WCO region and by Member;
Offering flexibility and the ability to process, manage and analyse information efficiently and effectively through a standardised data management structure, resulting in a timely and high-quality publication; and,
Saving time and resources as a result of automated workflows.
At the 28th SAFE Working Group Meeting, WCO Members and private sector representatives praised the excellent work carried out in the development of the OAC website and highlighted the usefulness of this platform. It was emphasised that now the AEO-related information can be updated by Members as frequently as possible, at the same time allowing the website to remain publicly available and user-friendly for all interested parties.
