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!
Professor Wolffgang publishes article in the trade journal “comply”
Professor Wolffgang wrote in the current issue 3/2024 of the trade journal" comply" on pages 11-15 the article ‘The end of globalisation? Geopolitical uncertainties and reactions under foreign trade law’. In his article, he (...)
Prof. Wolffgang gives an academic opinion to the Council of the European Union on the reform of the Union Customs Code
At the request of the European Commission, Prof. Wolffgang gave a statement on the draft of the new Union Customs Code to the Customs Union Working Party of the European Council last week. He began (...)
Senior Researcher Dr. Cornelius Herschbach publishes his dissertation on misuse and circumvention in customs law
Last week, Dr. Cornelius Herschbach, who has been a research associate at the institute for many years, published his dissertation in the renowned EFA-publication series. In his work, he analyses whether customs law needs to (...)
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.
