G/VAL/8/Add.30  
 
7 October 2014  
(14-5671)  Page: 1/3  
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 documents 
prepared for the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation on such activities were also made 
available as WTO documents. 
 This document provides information on technical assistance activities carried out by the Secretariat of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and its Members, as contained in the annexes of WCO 
document VT0958E1a of 29 September 2014.   
 
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ANNEX I 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY MEMBERS  
 
1  UNITED STATES  
Report on the capacity building activities undertaken by the United States: 
a. Dispatch of Experts 
Period of dispatch  Course Recipient countries  Number of experts 
9-11 September 2014 
 Training and case 
studies in Valuation and Risk Management  Kyrgyzstan, 
Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan 28 
 
b. Acceptance of trainees 
Period of Training Course Course Recipient countries Number of Trainees 
13 June 2014 
 Coordinated approach to 
Customs valuation:  an overview of the WTO Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan Afghanistan  Customs Working Group, as part of the Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Council Meetings 14 
 
 2  JAPAN 
Japan has dispatched experts to improve knowledge in the field of Customs valuation/post-
clearance audit (PCA) and to contribute to the implementation of the WTO Valuation Agreement. 
The details of the technical assistance/capacity building activities which Japan has carried out since 
the last session and is planning to implement by 30 September 2014 are listed below: 
a. Dispatch of Experts 
Period of Dispatch Course Recipient countries Number of experts 
26 May-6 June 2014 PCA Serbia 1 
9-13 June 2014 PCA Cambodia 2 
16-20 June 2014 Valuation Cambodia 2 
31 August-5 September 2014 Valuation Myanmar 2 
 
 
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ANNEX II 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE SECRETARIAT 
 
 
Period Recipient 
countries Subject Duration Location 
19-23 May 2014 Europe Region Region al Workshop on Customs Valuation 
and Transfer Pricing 5 days Budapest, 
Hungary 
1-3 September 2014 Dominican 
Republic and 
Haiti Workshop on Customs Valuation, Transfer 
Pricing, Revenue Package and Post 
Clearance Audit, and tariff classification, 
led by a Ugandan expert assisted by an 
expert from the WCO Secretariat. 3 days Dominican 
Republic 
9-11 September 2014 Afghanistan, 
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Meeting of the Central Asia Working Party 
and Workshop (subjects included Customs Valuation and Risk Management).  Organized and financed by the Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP), United States 
Department of Commerce. The WCO participated as a facilitator.  3 days Bishkek, 
Kyrgyzstan 
22-26 September 2014 Bosnia- 
Herzegovina Customs Valuation Workshop 5 days  Banja Luka, 
Bosnia-
Herzegovina 
 
 
 
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