international customs day

• International Customs Day is celebrated every year on 26 January to highlight the contribution of customs officials and agencies.

• The Customs Co-operation Council (CCC) officially declared this date as International Customs Day in 1953.

• The session was inaugurated in Brussels, Belgium. In that session, participants were from seventeen European countries.

• In 1994 the Customs Co-operation Council (CCC) was renamed the World Customs Organization. Currently it has 182 member countries across the world.

• The World Customs Organization is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. Ian Saunders is its General Secretary.