This guide to the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement is based on the authors' experiences of teaching its finer points to customs officials and policy-makers around the world. Covering the methods of valuation and the provisions on enforcement, implementation and dispute settlement, the authors give practical examples, explain interpretative decisions of national and international customs bodies, and analyse the history of its negotiation. Written as a learning tool, it helps both new and experienced policy-makers, customs officials, importers and exporters to gain a deeper understanding of the Agreement's function and aims.

Customs Valuation

This book discusses the intricate role of transfer pricing and customs value in international business environment. It examines the relationship between valuation for transfer pricing purposes and valuation for customs, and the significance of the relationship for multinational enterprises, tax authorities and customs administrations. The book begins by reviewing relevant international standards such as the OECD Guidelines and the GATT/WTO Customs Valuation Agreement. This is followed by a discussion of related issues such as VAT and administrative matters. Country chapters provide an overview of the applicable legislation and valuation methods, and case studies allow direct comparison between the practices of the different countries. The book concludes by summarizing the existing relationship between transfer pricing valuations and customs valuations, and by suggesting possible solutions towards a more integrated approach.

Guide to Customs Valuation is a complete and comprehensive commentary on laws relating to valuation under Customs laws. It is a brief, concise and handy reference book, which provides the updated and simplified analysis of provisions to determine valuation under the Customs laws. This book will be helpful for Customs Consultants, Advocates, Corporate Managers & Departmental Officers. This book is divided into two parts: · Valuation of Imported Goods · Valuation of Export Goods The Present Publication is the Latest Edition, authored by H.K. Maingi, amended up to July 2021, with the following noteworthy features: · [Conceptual Understanding of Valuation] Conceptual understanding of provisions of Valuation under Section 14 of Customs Act and Customs Valuation (Determination of Value of Export Goods) Rules, 2007 · [Valuation] Valuation of Imported Goods & Exported Goods, Valuation in case of High Sea Sales & related persons, Valuation of capital goods on debonding, etc. · [Various Additions in Transaction Value] Various additions in Transaction Value such as Brokerage, Service Charge, Transportation, etc. · [Other Concepts] Concepts of related persons, under-invoicing and over-invoicing, Special Valuation Branch, etc. This edition covers everything you need to understand about the provisions of Valuation under Customs in a subtle and simplified language. The detailed coverage of the book is as follows: · Introduction · Valuation of Imported Goods o Transaction Value o Transaction Value to be Accepted in the Absence of Condition and Restriction under Rule 3(2) o Contract Prices and Transaction Value o High Sea Sales and Transaction Value o Related Persons o Transaction Value of Identical or Similar Goods and Contemporaneous Imports o Deductive Value o Computed Value o Residual Method o Reliance on Foreign Journals indicating International Prices for Determining Assessable Value o Addition to Transaction Value Royalty, Licence and Technical Know-How Fees o Other Addition to Transaction Value o Declaration by the Importer o Rejection of Declared Value o Investigation by Special Valuation Branch · Valuation of Export Goods o Export Valuation o Under-Invoicing and Over-Invoicing of Exports o Customs Valuation (Determination of Value of Export Goods) Rules, 2007 o Inclusion/Exclusion Duty Element from Cum Duty Price o Valuation of Goods Sold in DTA from EOU and Debonding of Capital Goods from EOU

Trade integration contributes substantially to economic development and poverty alleviation. In recent years much progress was made to liberalize the trade regime, but customs procedures are often still complex, costly and non-transparent. This situation leads to misallocation of resources. 'Customs Modernization Handbook' provides an overview of the key elements of a successful customs modernization strategy and draws lessons from a number of successful customs reforms as well as from customs reform projects that have been undertaken by the World Bank. It describes a number of key import procedures, that have proved particularly troublesome for customs administrations and traders, and provides practical guidelines to enhance their efficiency. The Handbook also reviews the appropriate legal framework for customs operations as well as strategies to combat corruption.

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2019 in the subject Business economics - Accounting and Taxes, Ethiopian Civil Service University, course: procurement and asset management, language: English, abstract: The general objective of this work is to assess the factors that affect Ethiopian importers during customs valuation. The work was conducted to assess the practices and challenges of customs valuation. In particular, the work attempted to achieve the following specific research objectives: The author seeks to explain practices of custom valuation, identify the major factors that affect importers during the procedures of customs valuation, analyse and describe challenges in customs assessment processes and discover the customs operational problems in Ethiopia, in order to identify inspection or physical examination problems during the custom valuation process while enhancing the objective of trade control. Indirect taxes contribute the significant portion of tax revenues in developing countries in general and Ethiopia in particular. Custom duties and import taxes are among the important indirect taxes levied on imported commodities in Ethiopia. Despite the fact that foreign trade taxes and duties provide significant revenues to Ethiopia, there is a serious and complex problem of invoicing of import values by importers. Duties and taxes escape the net resulting in gross economic distortions such as uneven playing field and unfair competition for legal traders. Such circumstances also result in loss of revenues to government.