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The WCO Symposium on E-Commerce and Customs Valuation Highlights Key Challenges

March 29, 2023 By Lionel Van Reet, Thomas Kukanza, Johanna Asplund and Suha Alwan 2 Mins Read

On 15 February 2023, the World Customs Organization (“WCO”) hosted a Symposium on E-Commerce and Customs Valuation. Several key challenges were identified: the fragmentation in the system due to data overload from low level shipments; the consequent shortfalls within data systems and processing; and compliance and enforcement challenges. The sessions provided a high level overview from the WCO and World Trade Organization (“WTO”) of the current scope of challenges and questions to consider, and…

The EU Releases Draft Act to Introduce Binding Valuation Decisions

March 29, 2023 By Lionel Van Reet, Thomas Kukanza, Johanna Asplund and Suha Alwan 1 Min Read

In November we reported that the European Commission announced plans to include binding valuation information (“BVI”) decisions in its customs legislation. The Commission has published the draft Delegated Regulation and obtained feedback from a public consultation, which ended on 18 January 2023. The Commission describes this move as the completion of an already well-established legal and operational framework for issuing decisions relating to binding tariff classification information (“BTI”) and binding origin information (“BOI”). The aim…