. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/VAL/N/4/COL/2
14 May 2001
(01-2470)
Committee on Customs Valuation Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAP H 2 OF ANNEX III TO THE
AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VII
OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT
ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
COLOMBIA
The following communication, dated 27 April 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Colombia.
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I enclose herewith Resolution 2975 of 3 April 2001 issued by the Director of Customs
pursuant to paragraph 1 of the Decision concerning the reservation by Colombia under paragraph 2 of
Annex III of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffsand Trade 1994 (document G/VAL/26).
Furthermore, we confirm the statement made orally at the meeting of the Committee on
Customs Valuation held on 11 April last, to the effect that Colombia has not applied minimum values
to additional products and has not amended the data sources and methodologies for determining the
minimum values allowed under Annexes II and III of Decision G/VAL/26.G/VAL/N/4/COL/2
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RESOLUTION
Establishing periods of application for some of the products for which officially-established
minimum values are allowed.
THE DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMS
In exercise of the authority conferred on him by law, particularly Article 23(v) of
Decree 1071, 1999 and Article 253 of Decree 2685, 1999,
CONSIDERING
That Colombia submitted to the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) a reservation
under paragraph 2 of Annex III of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (Customs Valuation Agreement),
That by a Decision of 10 May 2000 the Committee on Customs Valuation of the WORLD
TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) agreed that Colombia may retain officially-established minimum
values until 30 April 2001 for textile, footwear and vehicle products included in chapters 52 and 87
and tariff subheading 6403.59 of the Customs Tariff,
That in accordance with Article 253 of De cree 2685, 1999, the Director of Customs may
establish official prices to determine the tax base of the goods,
RESOLVES
Article 1.   The official minimum prices established by Resolution 2455 of 24 March 1999 for
the tariff subheadings below shall remain in force until 30 April 2001.
5208.12, 5208.19, 5208.22, 5208.29, 5208.31, 5208.32, 5208.33, 5208.39, 5208.42, 5208.43,
5208.49, 5208.51, 5208.52, 5208.59, 5209.12, 5209.31, 5209.32, 5209.39, 5209.41, 5209.42,
5209.51, 5209.59, 5210.21, 5210.31, 5210.39, 5210.41, 5210.49, 5210.59, 5211.31, 5211.32,
5211.39, 5211.41, 5211.42, 5211.43, 5211.49, 5211.51, 5211.59, 5212.13, 5212.14, 5212.23,
5212.24
Article 2.   The official minimum prices established for tariff subheading 6403.59 in
Resolution 5131 of 28 June 2000 shall remain in force until 30 April 2001;
Article 3.   Goods for which an import declaration is submitted and accepted as of
1 May 2001 and which come under chapter 52 and tariff subheadings 6403.59, 8701.20, 8702.10,
8703.22, 8703.23, 8703.24, 8704.23 and 8705.40 and other products included in chapter 87 of the
Customs Tariff shall not have official minimum prices applied to them;
Article 4.   This Resolution shall take effect as from 1 May 2001, following its publication.
Done in Bogota, D.C. on 3 April 2001.
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