G/VAL/8/Add.32  
 
15 April 2016  
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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 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 VT1039E1a.   
 
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  ANNEX I 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY MEMBERS  
1  CANADA 
From 29 February 2016 to 4 March 2016, Canada provided technical assistance to Colombia’s 
National Tax and Customs Agency ( Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales -DIAN), as part 
of the Canada-Americas Trade-Related Te chnical Assistance Program (CATRTA). 
The main objectives were to present a valuation course on the application of the Customs 
Valuation Agreement, improve risk management with consideration to Canada’s best practices, 
explain the thinking process required to perform valuation post-clearance audits and address the 
role of transparency. 
2  UNITED STATES 
(a) Dispatch of experts 
Date of Dispatch Course Recipient Country Number of 
Experts 
20-23 October 2015 Valuation of IT products, determining 
the value of high-risk imports, post-clearance audits Armenia 2 
 7-14 February 2016 Workshop on Trade Facilitation, 
Advance Rulings, and Customs 
Appeals  Sri Lanka 
 2 
 
3  JAPAN 
Japan has dispatched experts and accepted trainees to improve the knowledge of Customs 
Valuation/Post-Clearance Audit (PCA) and to su pport 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 March 2016, are listed below. 
(a) Dispatch of experts 
 
Period of dispatch Course Recipient country Number of 
experts 
12-16 October 2015 PCA  Myanmar 2 
16-20 November 2015 Valuation and PCA Lao People's Democratic 
Republic 2 
16-20 November 2015 PCA Samoa 1 
18-22 January 2016 PCA Cambodia 1 
16-19 Feb. 2016 Valuation Thailand 2 
21 - 25 March 2016 PCA Vietnam 2 
  
(b) Acceptance of trainees  
Period of training course Course Country of trainees Number of 
trainees 
11-16 January 2016 Valuation and PCA Myanmar  15 
17-23 January 2016  Valuation and PCA  Lao People's Democratic 
Republic 14 
31 January - 6 February 2016  PCA Malaysia 15 
  
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  ANNEX II 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE/CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE SECRETARIAT 
Period Recipient 
Country Subjects Duration Location 
9-13 November 2015 Georgia Enhance Georgia's valuation control 
programme, based on risk management techniques and post -clearance audits. 5 days Tbilisi 
16-20 November 2015 Togo Diagnostic of the valuation control 
system used by the Customs and 
Indirect Taxes Department, Togo 
Revenue Authority (OTR). 5 days Lomé 
23-27 November 2015 Ghana Set up a group of experts - facilitators 
capable of leading diagnostic missions related to Tariff and Trade Affairs activities on behalf of the WCO, to help Members use the new diagnostic tool developed as part of the Revenue Package programme. 5 days Accra 
24-28 January 2016 Maldives 
 Support efforts by SASEC countries 
embodied by proper valuation 
management, ideally through PCA. 5 days Malé 
15-19 February 2016 Swaziland Provide support to the Swaziland 
Revenue Authority to further build its capacity to conduct effective valuation, tariff classification and origin controls.  5 days Mbabane 
7–11 March 2016 El Salvador Diagnostic mission based on the WCO 
Revenue Package. 5 days San 
Salvador 
 
 
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