As a border law enforcement agency, who also deals with ensuring compliance with trade rules and collection of duties, Vanuatu Customs has always struggled with the consistent application of relevant laws and the ease of applying compliance measures nationally to improve voluntary compliance, primarily due to lack of readily available data.
COVID-19 update: Vanuatu is currently free from Corona-virus. International travel restrictions are in place at the border.
There are no restrictions on the movement of freight. Visit the official COVID-19 website, for more information.
Vanuatu signs OECD Global Forum Conventions and further affirms its commitment to the WCO Revised Kyoto Convention
On the 23rd of June 2018 the Honourable Minister for Finance, and Economic Management, Hon. Gaetan Pikioune (MP), signed the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in tax
Vanuatu Customs delivers regional ASYCUDA Training
Despite being one of the latest two countries to implement ASYCUDA World in the Pacific region, Vanuatu accepted the request to deliver the first ever regional ASYCUDA World Functional Training.
The request was made from the ASYCUDA Support Mechanism for the Pacific (ASMP) office based in
Customs implements the ASYCUDA World Dashboard feature
Making a substantial investment in any Project of a magnitude such as that of the ASYCUDA World Project, means the Vanuatu Government needs to see immediate and tangible results of the direct benefit of its investment.
The ASYCUDA World Project did just that since its implementation in Vanuatu on July 2017 by assisting