Institute of Customs and International Trade Law at the University of Münster
The Institute of Customs and International Trade Law (ICTL) is an autonomous institute of the University of Münster, Germany, supported by the AWA Außenwirtschafts-Akademie GmbH.
Welcome to the Institute of Customs and International Trade Law
The University of Münster has been researching and teaching multidisciplinary issues of customs and foreign trade law since 1995. In 2016 the Institute of Customs and International Trade Law (ICTL) became an independent institution under the joint auspices of the University of Münster and the AWA Foreign Trade Academy.
Today, the ICTL is the only academic institution at a German university specialising in customs and foreign trade law at the global, European and national levels.
The co-editorship of the World Customs Journal is an important task of the Institute.
The following pages provide an overview of the activities and research projects of the Institute of Customs and International Trade Law. We hope you will find them of interest: please contact us if you would like to know more!
Prof Wolffgang in an interview with Börsen-Zeitung
The EU uses anti-dumping duties to protect European companies when manufacturers from third countries offer their goods at artificially low prices. A protective mechanism that can be expensive for importers. In an interview with Börsen-Zeitung, (...)
FAZ article on the benefits and risks of customs privileges
In an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Prof. Dr Wolffgang provides information on the advantages of using customs privileges and the risks associated with incorrect information on the origin of a product (read the (...)
ICTL and Shanghai Customs College intensify cooperation
The Institute of Customs and International Trade Law and the Shanghai Customs College have already cooperated successfully in the past. In order to successfully shape and intensify this cooperation in the future, the institutes have (...)
prof. Dr. Hans-Michael Wolffgang
Head of the Institute of Customs and International Trade Law at the University of Münster
“There is a widespread opinion that customs is no longer an issue because of the open EU borders, but that is a very truncated view. You have to look at the whole world, not just Germany and its neighbouring countries.“
University of Münster
The University of Münster is one of the largest universities in Germany with a rich and time-honoured tradition. It enjoys an outstanding reputation in the region and far beyond. Fifteen faculties with 120 degree programmes and some 30 research centres comprise the institutional backbone of the University.
