Singapore legislation
Regulation 8
Regulation 8
Computed value as value
Subregulation 1
Subject to regulation 3(4) and (5), where the customs value of imported goods cannot, in the opinion of the proper officer of customs, be determined under regulation 7, the customs value of the goods shall be the computed value in respect of those goods.
Subregulation 2
The computed value of the goods being valued is the aggregate of amounts equal to —
the costs, charges and expenses incurred in respect of, or the value of —
materials employed in producing the goods being valued; and
the production or other processing of the goods being valued,determined in the manner specified in paragraph (3), including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing —
the costs, charges and expenses referred to in regulation 4(2)(b);
the value of any of the goods and services referred to in regulation 4(2)(c), determined and apportioned to the goods being valued as referred to in that regulation, whether or not such goods and services have been supplied free of charge or at a reduced cost; and
the costs, charges and expenses incurred by the producer in respect of engineering, development work, art work, design work, plans or sketches undertaken in Singapore that were supplied, directly or indirectly, by the buyer of the goods being valued for use in connection with the production and sale for export of those goods to the extent that such elements are charged to the producer of the goods, apportioned to the goods being valued as referred to in regulation 4(2)(c);
the amount, determined in the manner specified in paragraph (4), for profit and general expenses, considered together as a whole, generally reflected in sales for export to Singapore of goods of the same class or kind as the goods being valued, made by the producers of the goods to buyers in Singapore who are not related to the producers from whom they buy the goods at the time the goods are sold to them; and
the costs of transportation and insurance of, and the loading, unloading, and handling charges, and other charges and expenses associated with the transportation of the goods being valued from the country of export to Singapore.
Subregulation 3
The costs, charges and expenses incurred in respect of, or the value of, the materials employed in producing the goods being valued and the production or other processing of the goods being valued shall be determined on the basis of —
the commercial accounts of the producer of the goods being valued; or
any other sufficient information relating to the production of the goods being valued,that are supplied by or on behalf of the producer of the goods and prepared in a manner consistent with the generally accepted accounting principles of the country of production of the goods being valued.
Subregulation 4
The amount of profit and general expenses referred to in paragraph (2)(b) shall be calculated on a percentage basis and determined on the basis of information prepared in a manner consistent with generally acceptable accounting principles of the country of production of the goods being valued and that is supplied —
by or on behalf of the producer of the goods being valued; or
where the information supplied by or on behalf of the producer of the goods being valued is not sufficient information, by an examination of sales for export to Singapore of the narrowest group or range of goods of the same class or kind referred to in paragraph (2)(b) from which sufficient information can, in the opinion of the proper officer of customs, be obtained.
Subregulation 5
For the purposes of this regulation, “general expenses” means the direct and indirect costs, charges and expenses of producing and selling goods for export, other than the costs, charges and expenses referred to in paragraph (2)(a) and (c).