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10 years of promoting the academic standing of the Customs profession

Professor David Widdowson President, International Network of Customs Universities
October 31, 2015
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10 years of promoting the academic standing of the Customs profession

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From its humble beginnings in 2005, the International Network of Customs Universities (INCU) has come a long way. The primary motive for establishing the network was to promote the academic standing of the Customs profession – something that was clearly needed at the time, and which, I am pleased to say, has been well and truly achieved in the intervening ten years.

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