WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/C/W/420
30 September 2002
(02-5201)
Council for Trade in Goods Original:  English
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE – TRADE FACILITATION
Communication from Japan
The following communication, dated 27 September 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Japan.
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1. The Doha Development Agenda1 reconfirms that technical co-operation and capacity building are
core elements of the development dimension of the multilateral trading system. Japan has been involved in
providing trade-related technical assistance to countries that need such assistance.
2. This is also true in the field of trade facilitati on, where Japan has been actively providing several trade
assistance programmes. As an example of Japan’s efforts to support and advocate trade facilitation
initiatives in developing countries, the list attached hereto shows brief information on Japan’s technical
assistance relevant to trade facilitation in the field of customs2.
3. The attached list illustrates records of trade-re lated technical assistance programmes from FY2000 to
FY2001, which were made with the help of the Japanese Customs. Such assistance was carried out by
dispatching expert missions to seminars/workshops abroad, by organizing and hosting seminars/workshops
in Japan, or by directly training officials from developing countries in Japan. The recipient countries were
primarily, though not limited to, Asia and Pacific count ries, and several African countries. The institutes
organizing these programmes have often been: the WCO; the APEC; and the Government of Japan,
including the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and the Ministry of Finance (Japan
Customs). The design and implementation of these programmes have often been made through co-operation with the targeted recipient country and other expert institutes, such as the WCO.
4. Japan commits itself to being engaged in the multilateral trading system, and it supports the
strengthening of the system. It is thus willing to continue providing technical assistance, and would like to
stress the importance of establishing WTO rules in th e field of trade facilitation, in order to provide
effective and operational technical  assistance, as this creates tangible and universal goals.
5. Japan hopes that this contribution paper will help promote the on-going discussions on trade
facilitation in the Council of Trade in Goods.
                                                     
1 Paragraph 38 of the Ministerial Declaration (WT/MIN(01)/DEC/1), adopted at the WTO Fourth Ministerial
Conference, held in Doha, Qatar, on 14 November 2001.
22 This paper does not intend to limit or widen the scope of the WTO work on trade facilitation.G/C/W/420
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Explanatory Note
Countries/Economies  shows developing countries and economies having participated in the technical
assistance programme, to which Japan has contributed by hosting, financing or dispatching expert
missions. Some countries/economies may have financed their own expenses.
Organizer  means the principle institute sponsoring the programme.
APEC: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
GOJ: Any ministry/agency in the Government of Japan, including Japan
International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
JAGEF: Japan-ASEAN General Exchange Fund
WCO: The World Customs Organization, established as the Customs
Cooperation Council
Subject  shows the area where technical assistance is provided. The subject indicated might not be
directly suited to the viewpoint of trade facilitation discussions. All areas cover to some extent
procedural issues of trade instruments.
Customs Administration: Customs laws/regulations, institution and administration,
Management
Customs Valuation: WTO Customs Valuation Agreement, valuation techniques,
including post clearance audit
Rules of Origin: WTO Agreement on Rules of Origin, and techniques of
determining origin
Tariff Classification: HS Convention 1996 and 2002, techniques of determining
classification, and Customs laboratory for classification
Trade Facilitation: Customs clearance principles and techniques, Risk
Management, automation/EDI, WCO Kyoto Convention and
integrity
TRIPs Border Measures: WTO TRIPs Agreement, laws and regulations for border
controls, controlling techniques
Mode means the types of technical assistance provided.
Training: Japan invites officials from developing countries and provides them
with a training course in Japan.
National/Regional: Japan dispatches one or more experts to a national or regional
seminar/workshop/symposium that is often held in a developing
country.
Host: Japan hosts a regional seminar/workshop/symposium.G/C/W/420
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Fiscal Year 2000 (April 2000 – March 2001)
Countries/Economies Organizer (Subject) Mode
Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia;
Cuba; Mexico; Nicaragua; Paraguay; Peru;
Uruguay; VenezuelaWCO (Tariff Classification) Regional
Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Cameroon; India;
Indonesia; Iran; Laos; Malaysia; Maldives;
Mexico; Myanmar; Philippines; Thailand;Uzbekistan; Viet NamGOJ (Customs Administration) Training
Bangladesh WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Bangladesh; Sri Lanka GOJ (Customs Valuation) Regional
Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia;
China; Fiji; Hong Kong,China; India;
Indonesia; Republic of Korea; Macao,China;Malaysia; Maldives; Mongolia; Myanmar;Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Sri Lanka;
Thailand; Viet NamWCO (Trade Facilitation) Host
Bangladesh; Cambodia; China; Fiji; Hong
Kong,China; India; Indonesia; Iran; Laos;Macao,China; Malaysia; Maldives; Mongolia;
Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines;
Thailand; Viet NamWCO (Trade Facilitation) Host
Bangladesh; Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos;
Malaysia; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nepal;
Philippines; Thailand; Viet NamGOJ (Customs Valuation) Training
Bangladesh; China; Gambia; India; Maldives;
Mongolia; Pakistan; Philippines; Sri Lanka;
UgandaGOJ (Customs Valuation) Training
Bangladesh; Gambia; Iran; Republic of Korea;
Macao,China; Maldives; Mongolia; Sri Lanka;
UgandaGOJ (Trade Facilitation) Training
Botswana; Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi;
Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; Seychelles;
Swaziland; Zambia; ZimbabweGOJ (Trade Facilitation) Training
Brazil WCO (Tariff Classification) National
Brazil; Cambodia; China; Ethiopia; Fiji;
Gambia; Indonesia; Iran; Côte d’Ivoire;
Kenya; Pakistan; Peru; Philippines; SaudiArabia; ThailandGOJ (Customs administration) Training
Brunei Darussalam APEC (Tariff Classification) National
Brunei Darussalam APEC (Trade Facilitation) National
Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia;
Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines;
Singapore; Thailand; Viet NamJAGEF (Tariff Classification) Regional
Brunei Darussalam; Chin a; Chinese Taipei;
Hong Kong,China; Republic of Korea; Papua
New Guinea; Philippines; Singapore;
Thailand; Viet NamAPEC (Tariff Classification) Regional
Brunei Darussalam; Chinese Taipei;
Indonesia; Hong Kong,China; Mexico;
Philippines; Papua New Guinea; Singapore;ThailandAPEC (Trade Facilitation) Regional
Cambodia GOJ (Customs administration) Training
Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia;
Myanmar; Thailand; Viet NamGOJ (Customs Valuation) Training
Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia;
Myanmar; Philippines; Thailand; Viet NamGOJ (Trade Facilitation) Training
Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia;
Myanmar; Philippines; Thailand; Viet NamGOJ (Tariff Classification) Training
Cambodia; Myanmar; Laos GOJ (Customs Valuation) Regional
China WCO (Customs Valuation) National
China WCO (Tariff Classification) National
China; Viet Nam GOJ (TRIPs Border Measures) TrainingG/C/W/420
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Countries/Economies Organizer (Subject) Mode
China; India; Malaysia; Mongolia GOJ (Customs administration) Training
China; India; Maldives; Rwanda; Uganda GOJ (Tariff Classification) Training
China; Republic of Korea; Malaysia APEC (Trade Facilitation) Regional
China; Malaysia; Mexico; Nepal GOJ (Tariff Classification) Training
Eritrea; Ethiopia; Hungary; Kazakhstan;
Kenya; Slovenia; Uganda; UkraineGOJ (Customs Administration) Training
Fiji WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Ghana GOJ (Customs administration) Training
Indonesia GOJ (Tariff Classification) National
Indonesia GOJ (Trade Facilitation) National
Indonesia WCO (Tariff Classification) National
Iran GOJ (Tariff Classification) National
Iran; Kyrgyz Republic; Morocco; Turkey;
Uzbekistan; Viet NamWCO (Customs administration) Training
Côte d’Ivoire; Ghana; Mauritius WCO (Customs administration) Training
Jordan WCO (Tariff Classification) National
Laos GOJ (Customs Administration) Training
Malaysia GOJ (Customs Valuation) National
Malaysia GOJ (Tariff Classification) National
Malaysia GOJ (Trade Facilitation) National
Malaysia WCO (Tariff Classification) National
Malaysia WCO (Tariff Classification) National
Mongolia GOJ (Customs Valuation) National
Mongolia GOJ (Tariff Classification) National
Mozambique WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Myanmar GOJ (Tariff Classification) National
Myanmar WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Myanmar WCO (Tariff Classification) National
Myanmar; Thailand GOJ (Customs Valuation) Regional
Nepal WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Peru WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Sri Lanka WCO (Tariff Classification) National
Sudan WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Thailand GOJ (Tariff Classification) National
Thailand WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Thailand WCO (Trade Facilitation) National
Maldives WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Maldives; Pakistan; Thailand GOJ (Tariff Classification) Training
Philippines APEC (Tariff Classification) National
Philippines GOJ (Tariff Classification) National
Philippines WCO (Trade Facilitation) National
Philippines; Viet Nam GOJ (Customs Valuation) Regional
Uzbekistan GOJ (Tariff Classification) National
Viet Nam GOJ (Customs administration) National
Viet Nam GOJ (TRIPs Border Measures) National
Viet Nam GOJ (Tariff Classification) National
Viet Nam GOJ (Trade Facilitation) National
Viet Nam WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Viet Nam WCO (Trade Facilitation) National
Fiscal Year 2001 (April 2001 – March 2002)
Countries/Economies Organizer (Subject) Mode
Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; China; Cuba; India;
Maldives; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka;Uganda; ZambiaGOJ (Customs administration) Training
Azerbaijan; Bolivia; Fiji; Lithuania; Maldives;
Namibia; Nepal; Pakistan; UgandaGOJ (Customs administration) Training
Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia;
China; Fiji; Hong Kong,China; India;
Indonesia; Iran; Republic of Korea; Malaysia;WCO (Tariff Classification) RegionalG/C/W/420
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Countries/Economies Organizer (Subject) Mode
Maldives; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nepal;
Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines;
Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Viet Nam
Bangladesh; Cambodia; Fiji; India; Indonesia;
Laos; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nepal;Philippines; Seychelles; Thailand; Viet NamGOJ (Customs administration) Training
Bangladesh; Cameroon; China; Fiji; India;
Iran; Mongolia; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka;Solomon Islands; UzbekistanGOJ (Trade Facilitation) Training
Bangladesh; China; India; Malawi; Maldives;
Mongolia; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka;Uruguay; Uzbekistan; ZimbabweGOJ (Customs Valuation) Training
Brazil; Cambodia; Colombia; Ghana; Laos;
Myanmar; Panama; South Africa; Sri Lanka;Thailand; Viet NamGOJ (Trade Facilitation) Training
Brunei Darussalam; Chin a; Chinese Taipei;
Hong Kong,China; Indonesia; Malaysia;Philippines; Papua New Guinea; Thailand;Viet NamAPEC (Customs Valuation) Regional
Cambodia GOJ (Customs administration) Training
Cambodia WCO (Trade Facilitation) National
Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia;
Myanmar; Philippines; Thailand; Viet NamGOJ (Trade Facilitation) Training
Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia;
Myanmar; Philippines; ThailandGOJ (TRIPs Border Measures) Training
Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia;
Myanmar; Philippines; Thailand; Viet NamGOJ (Tariff Classification) Training
Cambodia; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia;
Myanmar; Philippines; Thailand; Viet NamGOJ (Trade Facilitation) Training
Cambodia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar;
Philippines; Thailand; Viet NamGOJ (Customs Valuation) Training
Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Philippines;
Thailand; Viet NamGOJ (Customs Valuation) Training
Chile WCO (Customs Valuation) National
China; Chinese Taipei; Republic of Korea;
Malaysia; Thailand; Viet NamAPEC (TRIPs Border Measures, Rules of
Origin, Customs Valuation)Host
China; Fiji; India; Iran; Malaysia; Philippines;
Samoa; Sri LankaGOJ (Customs administration) Training
China; Fiji; Iran; Kenya; Maldives; Mongolia;
Nepal; Pakistan; Peru; Swaziland; UzbekistanGOJ (Tariff Classification) Training
China; Hong Kong,China; Malaysia; Papua
New Guinea; Viet NamAPEC (Trade Facilitation) Regional
Estonia WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Gabon; Mali; Morocco GOJ (Customs administration) Training
Ghana WCO (Tariff Classification) National
Indonesia GOJ (Customs Valuation) National
Indonesia GOJ (Customs administration) Training
Indonesia GOJ (Tariff Classification) National
Indonesia WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Indonesia WCO (Tariff Classification) National
Iran WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Iran; Maldives; Myanmar; Pakistan;
Philippines; Sri LankaGOJ (Customs administration) Training
Kenya; Malaysia; Maldives GOJ (Tariff Classification) Training
Laos GOJ (Customs administration) Training
Laos GOJ (Customs laws) National
Malawi WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Malawi WCO (Trade Facilitation) National
Malaysia GOJ (Customs Valuation) National
Malaysia; Viet Nam GOJ (Tariff Classification) Training
Mongolia GOJ (Customs administration) TrainingG/C/W/420
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Countries/Economies Organizer (Subject) Mode
Mongolia WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Myanmar GOJ (Customs administration) Training
Pakistan WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Senegal WCO (Trade Facilitation) National
Slovak Republic WCO (Rules of Origin) National
South Africa GOJ (Customs administration) Training
Sri Lanka WCO (Customs Valuation) National
Viet Nam APEC (Tariff Classification) National
Viet Nam GOJ (Customs Administration) National
Viet Nam GOJ (Customs Administration) Training
Viet Nam GOJ (Customs Valuation) National
Viet Nam GOJ (Tariff Classification) National
Viet Nam GOJ (Trade Facilitation) National
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