8th Customs & Trade Compliance Asia Summit 2024

Increasing trade volumes together with greater scrutiny of cross-border flows and a stringent focus on compliance with export control and customs regulations create significant challenges for supply chains. Moving goods internationally can be complex and costly for businesses in today's competitive - global markets.

Product delays, stock-outs, emergency shipments, additional warehousing costs, customs audits and customs penalties are all common consequences of compliance failures. International trade controls have become a high priority for industries in recent years. Governments have started to take a more stringent approach to the topic and are placing a much stronger focus on enforcing customs controls to control the flow of data, technology and equipment around the world to make sure it does not fall into the wrong hands.

For a firm to truly be successful in its international operations, trade compliance must be an essential part of its international business strategy and its strategic planning and operations. By attending this summit attendees will learn not only about the most important and critical aspects of trade compliance, but also how to integrate trade compliance into the strategic and operational dimensions of their company.

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KEY TOPICS OF DISCUSSION

  • Establishing a corporate foreign trade compliance function in business today in the APAC region
  • Trade compliance officer - A corporate response to the growth in complexity of APAC's regional trade
  • Trade policy after the pandemic and the lessons learned for the future
  • Essential export control programs to comply with an extraterritorial US EAR
  • Learning how blockchain and smart contracts can improve customs control
  • The link between transfer pricing and customs valuation
  • Challenges and opportunities in the US - China Trade war and how does it affect the Asian market?
  • General aspects of rules of origin and the role of it in international trade today
  • Product and database classification
  • Benefits and challenges associated with the use of the HS in the region
  • Latest developments in free trade agreements - make the most of free-trade agreements
  • Anticipating and preparing for pending BIS regulations involving emerging technology

Why should you attend?

  • Utilizing free trade agreement to the fullest
  • Assessing the effectiveness of your Global Customs Compliance Program
  • How to implement strategies to help you to manage duty costs by utilizing free trade agreements, special programs, and transactional structuring
  • Best Practices for obtaining and maintaining AEO Certification
  • Opportunity to exchange views with the experts, gain insight into recent cases and gather new ideas for your daily practice
  • Case study on developing and implementing a Centralized Customs Clearance Pilot

Who will you meet?

Functional heads of:
  • Customs/ Import / Trade / Export Compliancet
  • Global / International Trade Compliance
  • Trade / Regulatory Counsel
  • EXIM Compliance
  • STPI / SEZ Compliance
  • Commercial
  • Legal, Regulatory & Government Affairs