HONG KONG – Hong Kong Customs and Pakistan Customs on Wednesday inked a cooperative arrangement aimed at strengthening intelligence exchanges to combat cross-border crimes.

The agreement also promotes closer ties in trade facilitation and creates a business-friendly environment for legitimate trade activities, said Chan Tsz-tat, commissioner of Customs and Excise of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, at the signing ceremony held in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Customs has so far entered into similar arrangements with 35 customs administrations worldwide.