Operatives from the Philippine Bureau of Customs Enforcement and Security Service (BOC ESS) seized July 3 a shipment of steel pipes worth P1.5 million at the Port of Davao in Mindanao.
The steel pipes had been declared as 2,060 packages of square tubes from Xiamen, China, and was consigned to Yagnas 08 Importation Trading located at Purok 17 Blk. 4 Lot 2 Bongbong in Malagamot, Davao City.
The shipper was identified as Shenzhen Chuangfufeixiang Commerce Co. Ltd., with office address at South Wing Fu Bldg. 23A Building State-owned Enterprises, Step Futian District in Shenzhen, China.
The customs bureau said the importers had no import clearance from the Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Product Standards.
The ESS-Port of Davao recommended that a warrant of seizure and detention be issued against the shipment for violation of Section 1113 (providing for property subject to seizure and forfeiture) of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act of 2016.
The shipment is now held at the container yard of Sasa Wharf holding area to preserve the value and quality of the seized steel pipes. The pipes will be made available for auction to add to government revenues.
BOC Enforcement Group’s Deputy Commissioner Ariel F. Nepomuceno and ESS Director Isabelo Tibayan reminded the transacting public that acts by private entities to deceive the government of lawful revenues will not be tolerated.
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