Jamaica accedes to revised Kyoto Convention

Jamaica acceded to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonisation of  Customs Procedures, also known as the Revised Kyoto Convention.

The country has become the 128th contracting party.

Senior Director of  Trade Facilitation and Special Projects at the Jamaica Customs Agency, Michelle Bryan, told JIS News that the Revised Kyoto Convention is designed to help contracting parties achieve a modern customs administration, improved facilitation and control and deliver a simpler harmonised and more flexible approach.

The Senior Director explained that the Convention has a number of  key principles, transparency and predictability of customs actions, standardisation and simplification of the process, which are key trade facilitation principles.