G/VAL/8/Add.44  
 
21 October  2022 
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Committee on Customs Valuation    
 
INFORMATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES  
Addendum  
At its meeting of 12 May 1995, the Committee on Customs Valuation agreed that greater 
transparency of technical assistance activities, pursuant to Article  20.3 of the Agreement on 
Implementation of Article  VII of the GATT 1994, would be ensured if the information prepared for 
the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation  (TCCV)  on such activities were also made available 
as WTO documents.  
 
This document contains a report  by the Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO)  
providing information on technical assistance activities . 
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  REPORT TO THE WTO COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS VALUATION  
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES  
UNDERTAKEN BY THE WCO  SECRETARIAT  
Period of 
dispatch  Recipient 
Countries  Subjects  Location  Number of 
Experts  
13-17 June 2022  South America, 
North America, 
Central America 
and the Caribbean  Regional Workshop 
on Customs 
Valuation  Online Worksho p 
(32 participants)  2 
26-30 July 2022  North of Africa, 
Near and Middle 
East region  Accreditation 
Workshop for 
Customs Valuation 
Trainers  Riyadh  
(Saudi Arabia)  
(11 participants)  3 
9-12 August 2022  Uzbekistan  Diagnostic Mission  Tashkent  2 
 
In addition to the above activities facilitated by the WCO Secretariat,  Members have conducted 
technical assistance/capacity building activities to enhance the knowledge of Customs 
Valuation/Post -Clearance Audit (PCA) and to support the implementation of the WTO Customs 
Valuation Agreement.  
 
The details of the technical assistance/capacity building activities carried out since the last session, 
as provided by Members, are listed below.  
 
Japan  
Period of 
dispatch  Course  Recipient Country  Location  Number of 
Experts  
16 May 2022  PCA Myanmar  Online/JICA * 1 
24-25 May 2022  PCA Philippines  Online/Japan Customs  3 
27 May 2022  PCA Myanmar  Online /JICA* 2 
6–9 June 2022  Valuation  Republic of Congo  Online/Japan  Customs  7 
6 June 2022  PCA Myanmar  Online/JICA * 1 
10 June 2022  PCA Myanmar  Online/JICA * 3 
17 June 2022  Valuation  AP Pacific Islands  
(PNG, OCO(Fiji), 
Samoa)  Online/JICA */WCO  
3 
10 August 2022  Valuation  AP Pacific Islands 
(Timor -Leste, Fiji)  Online/JICA */WCO  3 
26 September 
2022 Valuation  AP Pacific Islands 
(Tonga, Vanuatu)  Online/  
JICA*/WCO  3 
* JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)  
 
United States  
Period  Recipient 
Country  Subject  Location  Number of 
Experts  
23-26 May 2022  Honduras, 
Guatemala, and 
El Salvador  Best Practices: 
Benefits of 
Implementing 
Inclusive Public 
Consultation 
Mechanisms – 
Supporting Honduras 
to Strengthen its 
Customs Valuation 
Practices  Hybrid  from 
Tegucigalpa, Honduras  
 
(20+ participants ) 1 G/VAL/8/Add.44  
 
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  Period  Recipient 
Country  Subject  Location  Number of 
Experts  
8-11 June 2022  Honduras, 
Guatemala, and 
El Salvador  Advance Rulings Best 
Practices Part III – 
Revocations, 
Modifications, 
Appeals and Effective 
Customs 
Coordination 
(Including Customs 
Valuation)  Hybrid  from 
Tegucigalpa, Honduras  
 
(20+ participants ) 1 
 
Others  
Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB/Uruguay)  
 
Period  Recipient Country  Subject  Location  Number of 
Experts  
18 August -
14 October 2022  16 Offices in the 
Americas/Caribbean 
region  Regional Workshop 
on Customs 
Valuation  Online Workshop  
ROCB platfor m 
(38 participants)  3 
 
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