Committee on Customs Valuation

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WTO body international organization committee subsidiary body of the Council for Trade in Goods treaty-implementation body

The Committee on Customs Valuation is a World Trade Organization body that oversees the implementation and interpretation of the Agreement on Customs Valuation, ensuring fair, uniform, and neutral customs valuation practices among member countries.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
WTO Committee on Customs Valuation	3
Committee on Customs Valuation canonical	2
Technical Committee on Customs Valuation	2
Committee on Customs Valuation (GATT Code Committee)	1
a Committee on Customs Valuation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1298013 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on Customs Valuation
Context triple: [Council for Trade in Goods, hasSubsidiaryBody, Committee on Customs Valuation]

A. Harmonized System Committee
The Harmonized System Committee is a key technical body within the World Customs Organization responsible for overseeing the interpretation, amendment, and uniform application of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System used for international trade classification.
B. Council for Trade in Goods
The Council for Trade in Goods is a key World Trade Organization body that oversees the implementation and functioning of multilateral agreements governing international trade in goods.
C. Technical Committee on Rules of Origin
The Technical Committee on Rules of Origin is a specialized body that develops, clarifies, and harmonizes international rules used to determine the country of origin of traded goods.
D. World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental body that develops international customs standards and promotes cooperation among national customs administrations to facilitate trade and ensure border security.
E. Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union
The Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union is the European Commission department responsible for developing and implementing EU policies on taxation and customs to support the single market and ensure fair, efficient revenue collection.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Committee on Customs Valuation
Target entity description: The Committee on Customs Valuation is a World Trade Organization body that oversees the implementation and interpretation of the Agreement on Customs Valuation, ensuring fair, uniform, and neutral customs valuation practices among member countries.

A. Harmonized System Committee
The Harmonized System Committee is a key technical body within the World Customs Organization responsible for overseeing the interpretation, amendment, and uniform application of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System used for international trade classification.
B. Council for Trade in Goods
The Council for Trade in Goods is a key World Trade Organization body that oversees the implementation and functioning of multilateral agreements governing international trade in goods.
C. Technical Committee on Rules of Origin
The Technical Committee on Rules of Origin is a specialized body that develops, clarifies, and harmonizes international rules used to determine the country of origin of traded goods.
D. World Customs Organization
The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental body that develops international customs standards and promotes cooperation among national customs administrations to facilitate trade and ensure border security.
E. Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union
The Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union is the European Commission department responsible for developing and implementing EU policies on taxation and customs to support the single market and ensure fair, efficient revenue collection.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WTO body ⓘ international organization committee ⓘ subsidiary body of the Council for Trade in Goods ⓘ treaty-implementation body ⓘ
adopts	decisions on technical aspects of customs valuation ⓘ recommendations to improve implementation of the Agreement on Customs Valuation ⓘ
appliesTo	Agreement on Customs Valuation ⓘ linked to: Customs Valuation Agreement Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the GATT 1994 ⓘ linked to: Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of GATT 1994
composition	representatives of WTO member governments ⓘ
concerns	transaction value as the primary basis for customs valuation ⓘ valuation of goods for customs purposes ⓘ
cooperatesWith	World Customs Organization Technical Committee on Customs Valuation ⓘ
ensures	that customs valuation methods are applied in a non-discriminatory manner ⓘ that customs valuation practices are consistent with WTO rules ⓘ that customs value is based on actual price of imported goods ⓘ
establishedBy	Uruguay Round agreements ⓘ linked to: Uruguay Round (1986–1994)
establishedIn	1995 ⓘ
field	customs administration ⓘ customs valuation ⓘ international trade ⓘ trade facilitation ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	WTO member states ⓘ
hasMember	all WTO members ⓘ
legalBasis	Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ⓘ linked to: Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of GATT 1994 Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
locatedIn	Geneva ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
meetsAt	WTO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland ⓘ
monitors	implementation of the Agreement on Customs Valuation by WTO members ⓘ
oversees	interpretation of the Agreement on Customs Valuation ⓘ
parentOrganization	World Trade Organization ⓘ
partOf	World Trade Organization ⓘ
purpose	to adopt decisions and recommendations on customs valuation under the WTO framework ⓘ to ensure fair, uniform and neutral customs valuation systems ⓘ to examine specific problems arising in the implementation of the Agreement on Customs Valuation ⓘ to oversee the implementation of the Agreement on Customs Valuation ⓘ to prevent the use of customs valuation as a means of protectionism ⓘ to promote transparency in customs valuation rules and practices ⓘ to provide a forum for consultation on customs valuation matters ⓘ to review notifications and legislation of WTO members on customs valuation ⓘ
relatedTo	Technical Committee on Customs Valuation ⓘ linked to: Committee on Customs Valuation World Customs Organization ⓘ
reportsTo	Council for Trade in Goods ⓘ
usesLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
website	https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/cusval_e/cusval_e.htm ⓘ

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