WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/VAL/8/Add.27 
8 October 2012 
 (12-5442) 
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, w ould be ensured if the information documents 
prepared for the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation on such activities were also made 
available as WTO documents. 
 
 This document provides information on techni cal assistance activities carried out by the 
Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and its Members, as contained in the annexes of WCO document VT0870E1a of 24 Sept ember 2012.  It updates GATT document 
VAL/W/29/Rev.9, and WTO documents G/VAL/W/4 and those in the G/VAL/8 series, including 
addenda 1 to 26. 
 
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  ANNEX I 
 
Technical Assistance/Capacity Building Activities 
 
I. ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY CANADA 
1. In June 2012, Canada provid ed Haiti Customs officials with a knowledge transfer workshop 
for implementation of the World Trade Organiza tion (WTO) Agreement on Customs Valuation, as 
part of the project in support of  tax revenue mobilization in Haiti. 
 2. The main objectives of this workshop were an exploration of the special features of the 
Agreement on Customs Valuation, the obligations of signatories to the Agreement, the role of 
transparency in the various Articles of the Agreemen t, and appeals at the administrative and judicial 
levels.  
II. ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE UNITED STATES 
Dispatch of Experts 
 
Recipient Country Course Period of dispatch Number of Experts 
Ukraine Valuation and Audit 17-20 April 2012  3 
 
III. ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY JAPAN 
1. Japan has dispatched experts to improve th e knowledge of Customs Valuation / Post 
Clearance Audit (PCA) and to support the impl ementation of the WTO Valuation Agreement. 
2. The details of our technical assistance/capacity building activities, which we have carried out 
since the last session and are planning to implement by 31 September 2012, are listed below. 
(a) Dispatch of Experts 
 
Period of dispatch Course Recipient Country Number of Experts 
11-15 June 2012 PCA & Valuation Sri Lanka 1 
18-22 June 2012 PCA Lao People's 
Democratic Republic 2 
 
(b) Acceptance of Trainees  
We do not have any achievements and plans fro m the last session to 30 September 2012.  
However, we are scheduled to accept many trainees from Asian and other countries on and after 1 October 2012. 
 
 
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  ANNEX II 
 
Technical Assistance/Capacity Building Activities Undertaken by the Secretariat 
 
 Recipient Country / 
Region Subject Duration Location 
1. Americas/Caribbean 
Region Customs Valuation 
Accreditation Workshop for experts and trainers 7 to 11 May 2012 Guatemala 
2. Kyrgyzstan Training on Customs 
Valuation and PCA 18 to 22 June 2012 Kyrgyzstan 
3. Armenia Workshop and Discussions on 
Customs Valuation and PCA 23 to 26 July 2012 Armenia 
4. Nigeria Implementation of the 
Valuation Control Unit 19 to 21 September 
2012 Nigeria 
5. West and Central 
Africa/Middle East and 
North Africa /East Africa (English-
speaking) Customs Valuation 
Accreditation Workshop for 
experts and trainers 24 to 28 September 
2012 Nigeria 
 
Activities Planned 
 
 Recipient Country Subject Duration Location 
1. Peru WTO-WCO Workshop on 
Customs Valuation and Trade 
Facilitation 6 to 9 November 2012 Peru 
2. West and Central 
Africa/Middle East and North Africa 
(French-speaking) Customs Valuation 
Accreditation Workshop for trainers 15 to 19 October 2012 Libreville, Gabon 
3. Asia/Pacific region Customs Valuation and PCA 
Accreditation Workshop  3 to 7 December 2012 Japan Regional 
Training Centre 
 
 
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