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Regional Customs Laboratories (RCLs)

Links to the website of some RCLs and related information provided by them.

China Regional Customs Laboratory (Nanjing Customs Laboratory)

Customs Laboratories European Network (CLEN) : The launch page for information on the CLEN network.

India Central Revenues Control Laboratory : The launch page for information on India Central Revenues Control Laboratory.

Japan Central Customs Laboratory : The launch page for information on Japan Central Customs Laboratory.

  • Collection of Good Practices on Customs Chemical Analysis (members only)
    Good practices compendium focused on chemical analysis.
    • Vol 1 – Focused on the food sections of the HS.
    • Vol 2 – Focused on petroleum and its derivative.
    • Vol 3 – Focused on alcohol beverage.
    • Vol 4 – Focused on Starch.
    • Vol 5 – Focused on the field of “base metals” and “minerals”.
    • Vol 6 - 1, Vol 6 - 2 – Focused on the field of “polymer and its relative products”.
    • Vol 7 – Focused on the field of “Textiles and Textile articles”.
    • Vol 8 – Includes Good Practices on the field of “Foodstuff”, “Base metals and minerals”, etc.
    • Vol 9 – Includes Good Practices on the field of “Woods”, “Inorganic materials”, etc.

Korea Central Customs Laboratory: The launch page for information on Korea Central Customs Laboratory.

Russian Federation Laboratories : The launch page for information on Russian Federation Laboratories.

Event Information

Information on events (e.g. workshops, seminars) organized by RCLs.

  • RCL India

RCL India will be organizing two training courses, open to international participation, as outlined in the table below.

No.

Title of the Course

Mode

Duration

No of seat

1

Training for forensic personnel law enforcement & Customs officer.
Types Classification and identification of narcotics drugs & psychotropic substances

In person

08.09.2025 to
12.09.2025
(1 week)

12

2

Professional programme for Customs laboratory chemists.
Chemical analysis & harmonized system classification with advanced equipment

In person

05.01.2026 to
16.01.2026
(2 weeks)

12

Details of the training courses can be found on the following link.  
https://www.itecgoi.in/courses_listinst?salt6=cNBgfRDcnlwdag7O8/f5BQ==

  • RCL Russian Federation

RCL Russian Federation will be organizing the 14th International scientific-practical conference on the problems of expert activity, on 7 to 9 October 2025, in Vladivostok, Russian Federation.

Further information on the conference can be found in the brochure.