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21 October 2019  
(19-6862) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Customs Valuation  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 22 OF THE AGREEMENT ON  
IMPLEMENTATION OF AR TICLE VII OF THE GEN ERAL  
AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS  AND TRADE 1994  
KAZAKHSTAN  
Questions from the United States to Kazakhstan regarding document G/VAL/N/1/KAZ/2  
The following submission, dated 16 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 Kazakhstan for its notification in document G/VAL/N/1/KAZ/2. 
We have the following questi ons, 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 custo ms value of goods by the reserve method (method 6), price 
data from neutral sources of information (catalogs 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 carried out by organizatio ns (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 t he source of those 
stock quotes or price indices.  
Question 2  
Please explain how and by whom "data from the assessment reports carried out by organizations 
(individuals) engaged in the evaluation activity " are created. Please identify which provision, in th e 
measures Kazakhstan 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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