RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/VAL/W/37/Add.2
26 July 2001
(01-3705)
Committee on Customs Valuation Original:  English
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON CUSTOMS VALUATION
CANADA
Addendum
The following communication, dated 24 July 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Canada with the request that it be circulated.
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1. Canada participated in a WCO technical assistance mission to Jamaica in March 2001 to
address the practical application of the WTO Valuation Agreement.
2.  Canada delivered valuation technical assistance consultations, in January and February of
2001, to assist Jamaica under the Caribbean Custom Law Enforcement Council's (CCLEC)
Inter-American Development Bank Project on Reform and Improved Compliance in the Custom
Valuation Environment.  Two of the modules, origin ally designed for the APEC project, were also
used as the basis for this training.
3.  Canada participated and presented two papers at the WCO Seminar for Senior Managers on
the Implementation and Maintenance of the WTO Valuation Agreement in Brussels in November2000.  The seminar was attended by many senior customs officials and WCO Members represented in
Brussels.
4.  In October  2000, Canada hosted a delegation of 12 officials from Peruvian customs, in
cooperation with the Centre for Trade Policy and Law, to discuss the administration of  the WTOValuation Agreement.
5.  Between 1996 and June 2000, Canada was actively involved in the APEC Valuation
Technical Assistance initiative to deliver various types of valuation training to ten APEC economies.
Canada co-sponsored this initiative with the United States, and Australia and New Zealand alsoactively participated. As indicated in the Annex, this initiative has been based on three individualized
training modules.  The plan approved by the APEC Secretariat was a phased approach whose
objective was to develop training packages to address common implementation issues and technical
assistance requests.  To help recipients prepare for delivery of the program, Revenue Canada
valuation officers also gave a five-day WCO valuation legislation course in Brunei Darussalam inMarch of 1998 and in Thailand (together with the United States) in April 1998.  The delivery of the
first module begun in January 1999, involving ten APEC economies: Brunei Darussalam, Chile,
People's Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Republic of the Philippines, Papua
New Guinea, Singapore and Thailand.  In addition, the three new APEC member-designate
economies of Peru, Russia and Vietnam requested the technical assistance under this programme.
Along with Canada and the United States, the WCO,  Australia and New Zealand were partners in this
initiative. Delivery of the second module, which began in May 1999 and was completed byG/VAL/W/37/Add.2
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August 1999, was undertaken by Canada, with the par ticipation of New Zealand.  This second module
was provided at their request to Brunei Darussalam, Chile, People's Republic of China, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Republic of the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam  The delivery
of the third module was conducted by the United States.  The project was completed.  Annex I shows
the countries that participated in the initiative.
6.  In March 2000, Canada completed delivery of valuation technical assistance consultations to
assist Barbados under the Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council's (CCLEC) Inter-American
Development Bank project on Reform and Improved Compliance in the Customs Valuation
Environment.  The three modules, originally designed  for the APEC project, were used as the basis
for this training.
7.  Canada participated in a WCO Mission to Uganda in March 1998, as part of the WTO
Seminar on Enforcement.
8.  Canada participated in a WCO Mission to Tanzania to provide the WTO valuation training
and implementation workshop in January 1998.
9.  Canada participated in the WCO Seminar on Customs Valuation for Caribbean and Central
and South American countries bordering the Caribbe an, held at the Revenue Canada College Rigaud,
Quebec, in early May 1997.  The WCO, the United States and Canada were the sponsors of the
seminar.  The following participated in the seminar:  Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, The Bahamas, Belize,Bermuda, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti, Panama, St. Lucia, St. Vincent,
Turks and Caicos, Venezuela and the Caribbean Customs Law Enforcement Council.
10.  Two officers from Chilean Customs attended a five-day Canadian Valuation legislation
training course at the Revenue Canada College, Rigaud, Quebec, in December 1996.
11. The Division's Chief of Valuation Policy attended the Interamerican Seminar on Customs
Valuation for South and Central American countries in Viña del Mar, Chile, in April 1996.  In
addition to Canada, the following countries participated in the seminar:  Argentina, the Bahamas,
Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Gu atemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and the United States.
12. The Division's Chief of Valuation Policy attended the WCO Symposium in Brussels in
September 1995, in conjunction with the 1st Session of the WCO's Technical Committee on Customs
Valuation. It was attended by most of the WCO Members represented in Brussels.G/VAL/W/37/Add.2
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ANNEX 1
CANADA CUSTOMS & REVENUE AGENCY (CCRA)
 INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION
ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC)
1. CAP 5 PROJECT:  ADOPTION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE WTO VALUATION
AGREEMENT
1996:
Needs Analysis Workshops (Delivery shared with USA, Australia, New Zealand):
Brunei Darussalam
Chile
People's Republic of China
Chinese TaipeiIndonesia
Malaysia
Republic of the Philippines
Papua New Guinea
Thailand
1997:
Delivery of WCO Basic Training Course (Delivery shared with USA):
Brunei Darussalam
Thailand
1999:
Delivery of Module 1: "Complexities of the Valuation Agreement"  (Delivery shared with USA,
Australia, New Zealand):
Brunei Darussalam
Chile
People's Republic of China
Chinese TaipeiIndonesia
Malaysia
Republic of the Philippines
Papua New Guinea
Thailand
Delivery of Module 2 “Organizing the Infrastructure of the Valuation Programme” (Delivery shared
with New Zealand):
Brunei Darussalam
Chile
People's Republic of China
Chinese TaipeiG/VAL/W/37/Add.2
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Indonesia
Malaysia
Republic of the Philippines
Papua New Guinea
PeruThailand
Vietnam
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