CLDP, in coordination with the respective Customs Administrations of Albania and Kosovo, will conduct a targeted technical program at the Port of Durrës focused on strengthening bilateral coordination and enhancing core customs functions. Given Kosovo’s use of a remote customs presence at the Port...

CLDP, in partnership with the Tunisian Ministry of Trade and Export Development will hold a series of technical engagements on trade facilitation in Tunis.

On September 15-17, CLDP, in partnership with the Tunisian Ministry of Trade and Export Development, held three days of meetings on trade facilitation in Tunis. Representatives from the Tunisian Ministry of Trade and Tunisian customs exchanged with experts from the International Trade Administration...

From September 10-12, 2025, CLDP will host a Regional Western Balkans Customs Workshop in Skopje, North Macedonia focused on Single Window. This workshop will bring together customs officials from all six Western Balkans countries and will feature experts from the European Commission, Polish Customs...

On September 3-5, CLDP hosted a workshop for the Kosovo Customs Administration that engaged key customs officials to discuss the current threats and trends in counterfeits and cybercrime in Kosovo. Experts from the Container Security Initiative (CSI) and Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) at the...

CLDP, in close coordination with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”), will provide a two-day training to representatives from customs and free trade zone authorities in the GCC Countries on border enforcement strategies and best practices in free trade zone regulation and management related...

Background Information CLDP’s Trans-Caspian Trade Route (TCTR) project is funded by the U.S. Department of State and supports the C5+1 goals to expand and develop alternative trade routes for Central Asian countries to mitigate trade disruptions and diversify export destinations. The project involves government and private sector representatives from the Central Asian countries, as well as Georgia...

From November 11-12, 2024, CLDP hosted a “train the trainers” Customs Valuation and Tariff Classification workshop for 23 current Kosovo Customs officers. These officers will go on to train Kosovo Customs’ 50 new hires. The workshop featured two U.S. CBP Attorney Advisors and an expert from the...

CLDP hosted a Regional Western Balkans Customs Workshop in Zagreb, Croatia in partnership with the Croatian Customs Administration from September 11-13, 2024. Officials from Croatian Customs presented an overview of Croatian practices in post-clearance audit, digitization and IT, and NCTS. The...

CLDP, in coordination with U.S. Embassy Pristina, was delighted to facilitate the visit of Director General of Kosovo Customs Agron Llugaliu and his team to Paris, France to meet with French Customs officials and exchange information on best practices in customs procedures. Customs officials have...