G/VAL/8/Add.28  
 
30 April 2013  
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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 VT0896E1a of 25 March 2013.   
 
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  ANNEX I 
 
Technical Assistance/Capacity Building Activities 
I. ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY JAPAN 
1. Japan has dispatched experts to improve the knowledge of Customs Valuation/Post 
Clearance Audit (PCA) and to contribute to the implementation 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 30 March 2013, are listed below. 
(a) Dispatch of Experts 
Period of dispatch Course Recipient Country Number of Experts 
04-12 October 2012 Valuation Tanzania 2 
12-16 November 2012 Valuation Lao People's Democratic 
Republic 2 
14-18 January 2013 PCA Lao People's Democratic 
Republic 2 
18-22 February 2013 PCA Tonga 1 
18-22 February 2013 Valuation Cambodia 2 
25-29 March 2013 PCA Fiji 2 
 
(b) Acceptance of Trainees 
 
Period of Training Course Course Country of Trainees Number of 
Trainees 
1-5 October 2012 Valuation and PCA Union of Myanmar (Republic of the) 10 
15-19 October 2012 PCA Mongolia 10 
3-7 December 2012 Valuation and PCA Cambodia, China, Republic of Korea, 
Fiji, Indonesia; Japan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam 15 
21-25 January 2013 Valuation Cambodia 10 
18-22 February 2013 Valuation and PCA Lao People's Democratic Republic 10 
 
II. ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE UNITED STATES 
Dispatch of Experts 
 
Recipient Country Course Period of dispatch Number of 
Experts 
Ukraine Customs Valuation in the USA: 
how it is done and its main issues 14-15 February 2013  1 
 
 
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  ANNEX II 
 
Technical Assistance/Capacity Building Activities Undertaken by the Secretariat 
 Recipient 
Country/Region Subject Duration Location 
1. Peru Joint WTO/WCO Workshop on 
Customs Valuation Control and Trade Facilitation 6 to 9 November 2012 Lima, Peru 
2. Asia/Pacific WCO Regional Accreditation 
Workshop for Experts and 
Trainers on Customs Valuation 
Control via PCA 3 to 7 December 2012 Kashiwa, Japan 
3. South and South East 
Asia Sub-Region Sub-Regional Workshop on 
Customs Valuation Control and PCA 28 January to  
1 February 2013 Faridabad, India 
4. Côte d'Ivoire Workshop on Customs 
Valuation Control for 
Managers and Trainers 4 to 8 March 2013 Abidjan, Côte 
d'Ivoire 
5. West and Central 
Africa Revenue Package Conference 
(Valuation and PCA) 25 to 26 March 2013 Libreville, Gabon 
 
Activities Planned 
 
 Recipient 
Country Subject Duration Location 
1. Asia/Pacific Joint WCO/OECD Workshop:  Customs 
Valuation and Transfer Pricing 6 to 10 May 2013 Seoul, Republic of 
Korea 
 
 
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