. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/VAL/N/4/COL/4
21 May 2003
(03-2710)
Committee on Customs Valuation Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 2 OF ANNEX III
TO THE AGREEMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
ARTICLE VII OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT
ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
COLOMBIA
The following communication, dated 7 May 2003, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Colombia.
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I refer to paragraph 1 of the Decision regarding the reservation by Colombia pursuant to
paragraph 2 of Annex III to the Agreement on Im plementation of Article VII of the GATT 1994
(document G/VAL/26).
In this connection, I am attaching herewith a copy of Memorandum 00338 of 30 April 2003
of the Colombian Director of Customs, which informs the entities responsible for administering and
applying the Customs Valuation Agreement that, as of 1 May, minimum values have been abolished
for the subheadings listed in Annex III to the aforementioned Decision.  We also attest that Colombia
has not applied minimum values to other products and has therefore strictly complied with the
provisions in Decision G/VAL/26.G/VAL/N/4/COL/4
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MEMORANDUM 00338
To: Regional Directors, local and delegated administrators of customs, taxation and
national customs, special customs administrators, heads of foreign trade servicedivisions, customs service, customs technical service, foreign trade service, customs
service, customs inspection or customs and taxation inspection, customs payment and
legal service, inspectors, importers, and other users of customs services.
From: Director of CustomsSubject: Application of Official Minimum ValuesDate: 30 April 2003
Pursuant to Decision G/VAL/26, adopted by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on
10 May 2000, the reservation allowing the application of Official Minimum Values expires on
30 April 2003.  Consequently, as of 1 May 2003, goods classified under the tariff subheadings listed
below will no longer be subject to official values:
02.03.29.00.00
10.03.00.90.00
12.01.00.90.00
17.01.99.00.00
02.07.25.00.00
12.06.00.90.0015.02.00.90.00
15.12.21.00.00
15.15.21.00.00
07.13.33.91.00
07.13.39.92.0002.07.14.00.00
10.05.90.11.00
15.07.10.00.00
02.07.11.00.00
10.06.10.90.00
12.08.10.00.0015.11.90.00.00
15.12.29.00.00
04.06.10.00.00
07.13.33.92.00
07.13.39.99.0004.02.21.19.00
10.05.90.12.00
15.11.10.00.00
02.07.12.00.00
10.07.00.90.00
15.02.00.11.0015.12.11.00.00
15.13.11.00.00
07.13.31.90.00
07.13.33.99.00
15.08.10.00.0010.01.10.90.00
10.06.30.00.00
17.01.11.90.00
02.07.24.00.00
11.01.00.00.00
15.02.00.19.0015.12.19.00.00
15.13.19.00.00
07.13.32.90.00
07.13.39.91.00
Imports of products included in these subheadings must therefore be valued according to the
rules governing customs valuation.
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