The Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Mr Chan Tsz-tat, signed the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) with the Director General of the National Customs Service of the Republic of Chile, Ms Alejandra Arriaza Loeb, in Brussels, Belgium on 26 June. The signing marks a further expansion of AEO MRA network into South America, following the conclusion of the first MRA in the region with Peruvian Customs in December last year.
On 27 June, the then Assistant Commissioner (World Customs Organization), Mr Li Kin-kei, also signed an AEO MRA Action Plan with the Coordinator-General of Customs Administration of the Special Secretariat of the Federal Revenue of Brazil, Mr Felipe Mendes Moraes, formally launching negotiations for an AEO MRA between Hong Kong and Brazilian Customs.
■The then Assistant Commissioner (World Customs Organization) of Customs and Excise, Mr Li Kin-kei (front row, right), signs the AEO MRA Action Plan with the Coordinator-General of Customs Administration of the Special Secretariat of the Federal Revenue of Brazil, Mr Felipe Mendes Moraes (front row, left).
