Customs Course
- Written by: Maureen Pérez
Customs Course
This program has a duration of 14 weeks; completing 135 academic hours certified by CIAT. It is currently offered in Spanish.
This course aims to make known the customs principles and regulations; it also seeks to provide and assess the main customs techniques.

This course is aimed at officials from national and subnational tax administrations, as well as professionals and the general public working in areas related to taxation or interested in strengthening their knowledge on the subject. Mid- and high-level officials from ministries of finance with responsibilities in decision-making, fiscal policy design and implementation, technical analysis, and strategic studies are also welcome. This includes individuals working in areas such as budgeting, treasury, government accounting, fiscal relations, fiscal policy, public market analysis, and public finance innovation, among others.
Also open to consultants, academics, and independent professionals seeking to update their knowledge in fiscal, customs, and financial matters, contributing to the development of technical and strategic capacities in both the public and private sectors.
The topics to be developed during the course are:
- Lesson 1. Customs
- Lesson 2. Economic Integration
- Lesson 3. The Customs obligation
- Lesson 4. Customs Procedures
- Lesson 5. Customs Techniques
- Lesson 6. Customs Administration
- University graduate or postgraduate.
- Identity.
- In the case of public agents, a certificate issued by the Human Resources indicating their status within the Administration.
Maureen E. Pérez A.
Training Manager
E-mail: mperez@ciat.org
Mónica Donoso
Technical Training Assistant
E-mail: mdonoso@ciat.org
Mónica Clároz
Training Assistant
E-mail: mclaroz@ciat.org