The workshop was facilitated by Mr. Adel HABSA from Algerian Customs and Mr. Abdulkarim ALMAWASH from Saudi Customs, WCO pre accredited expert trainers in Customs valuation, and an expert from the Secretariat. Nineteen Customs officers holding senior and middle management positions and working at different Customs Offices participated in the workshop.

The objective of this workshop is to enable participants to deepen their knowledge of the Customs Valuation Agreement, including its implementation. During five days, several technical topics concerning customs valuation were discussed, including the principles of transaction value, adjustments, alternative valuation methods, introduction to transfer pricing, overview of the Revenue Package, advance rulings, selected instruments adopted by the Technical Committee on Customs Valuation and post clearance control in customs valuation.

Participants also had the opportunity to present and discuss practical cases in order to deepen their understanding of the Customs Valuation Agreement and to apply the knowledge gained during the workshop on a daily basis.

In her closing remarks Ms. Manal Nussair, the Head of the RTC, thanked the participants and the facilitators and wished to hold more training sessions in the RTC with the support of the WCO.