REPORT (2017) OF THE COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS
VALUATION
TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS
1. Background
1.1. The
Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade 1994 (the Agreement) entered into force on 1 January 1995. This
report covers the period from 3 November 2016 to 25 October 2017 and addresses
the work undertaken by the Committee on Customs Valuation (the Committee) in
respect of the objectives of the Agreement.
These are: to provide greater
uniformity and certainty in the implementation of the provisions of Article VII
of the GATT 1994; to establish a fair, uniform and neutral system for the
valuation of goods for customs purposes that precludes the use of arbitrary or
fictitious customs values; to ensure that the basis for valuation of goods for
customs purposes should, to the greatest extent possible, be the transaction
value of the goods being valued; and to
secure additional benefits for the international trade of developing countries.