The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected P45.398 billion in March 2018, exceeding by 0.6% its P45.133-billion target, and by 19.1% the P38.11 billion earned in the same month last year, according to initial reports from the agency’s Financial Service.
Increases were posted despite two non-working holidays in March, BOC said in a press statement.
In the same statement, the agency said five district collectors, among others, will eventually be replaced in keeping with an earlier directive of Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña, which called for the replacement of key officials (district collectors, deputy collectors for assessment, chiefs of Formal Entry Division, examiners, appraisers, and other BOC personnel performing assessment functions) at ports that do not reach their revenue targets.
The collection districts that missed their goals in March are:
- Manila International Container Port – collected P12.625 billion, 9.28% lower than the P13.917-billion target;
- Port of Manila – collected P5.776 billion, 14.9% lower than its P6.785-billion target;
- Ninoy Aquino International Airport – collected P3.094 billion, 25.9% lower than the P4.175-billion target;
- Iloilo – collected P176 million, 27.8% lower than the P244-million target; and
- Zamboanga – collected P700,000, 96% lower than the P21 million target.
On the other hand, 12 other collection districts exceeded their revenue targets, BOC said. These are:
- Batangas – collected P11.542 billion, 10.5% up against the P10.449-billion target;
- Limay – collected P2.896 billion, 5.5% up against the P2.746-billion target.
- Cebu – collected P2.189 billion, 7.6% up against the P2.034-billion target;
- Davao – collected P1.755 billion, 21.1% up against the P1.449-billion target;
- Subic – collected P1.655 billion, 1.9% up against the P1.624-billion target;
- Cagayan de Oro – collected P1.625 billion, 27.4% up against the P1.275-billion target;
- San Fernando – collected P278 million, 13% up against the P247-million target;
- Clark – collected P154 million, 29.8% up against the P119-million target;
- Tacloban – collected P68 million, 241.6% up against the P20-million target;
- Legazpi – collected P22.10 million, 0.5% up against the P22-million target;
- Surigao – collected P4 million, 262.7% up against the P1-million target; and
- Aparri – collected P6 million, 37.5% up against the P4-million target.
BOC has been tasked to collect P598.1 billion in revenues for 2018. – Roumina Pablo
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