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10 October 2019  
(19-6541) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Customs Valuation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 22 OF THE  
AGREEMENT ON IMPLEME NTATION OF ARTICLE V II OF  
THE GENERAL AGREEMEN T ON TARIFFS AND TRA DE 1994  
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC  
Questions from the United States  to the Kyrgyz Republic  regarding  
document G/VAL/N/1/ KGZ/2 
The following submission, dated 8 October 2019, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the United States . 
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The United States would like to thank the Kyrgyz Republic for its notification in document 
G/VAL//N/1/KGZ/2. We have  the following questions, based on that notification:  
Paragraph 14 of the Decision of the Collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 138 : 
"On the Application of the Reserve Method (method 6) in Determining the Customs Value of 
Goods" provides, "When  determining the customs value of goods by the reserve method 
(method 6), price data from neutral sources of information (catalogues of independent firms; 
publications containing a detailed description of a specific product and a clear definition of the 
price structure; published, including on the Internet, or distributed, official price lists for goods 
or trade offers of firms for the supply of specific goods and prices), as well as stock quotes 
(stock price indices) and data from the assessment reports ca rried out by organizations 
(individuals) engaged in the evaluation activity, may be used."  
Question 1  
Please explain the manner in which  "stock quotes (stock price indices)" are used under the reserve 
method (method 6) to determine the customs value of imported goods, including the source of those 
stock quotes or price indices.  
Question 2  
Please explain how and by whom "data from the asses sment reports carried out by organizations 
(individuals) engaged in the evaluation activity" are created. Please identify which provision, in the 
measures the Kyrgyz Republic has notified under CVA Article 22, defines the term "assessment 
reports", and the  provisions that describe which entities are authorized to produce them.   
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