The
World Customs Organization (
WCO) is an
intergovernmental organization headquartered in
Brussels,
Belgium. The WCO is noted for its work in areas covering the development of international conventions, instruments, and tools on topics such as commodity classification, valuation, rules of origin, collection of customs revenue,
supply chain security, international
trade facilitation, customs enforcement activities, combating
counterfeiting in support of
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), integrity promotion, and delivering sustainable
capacity building to assist with customs reforms and modernization. The WCO maintains the international
Harmonized System (HS) goods nomenclature, and administers the technical aspects of the
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Agreements on Customs Valuation and
Rules of Origin.