The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has confirmed the successful processing of the very first electronic version of the ATA Carnet, marking a major…
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is looking at revising rules on sea freight forwarding, including imposing higher paid-up capital requirement for some…
BOC orders stringent observance of valuation, proper goods description
Customs commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero instructed Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials and employees to comply strictly with the basis for valuation and with the…
Customs chief wants stringent review of certificates of origin
Customs commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero has instructed concerned customs officials and personnel to strictly review all certificates of origin (COs) to ensure shipments availing…
The Philippines will not suspend importation of rice but will instead implement stricter measures—including pre-shipment inspection (PSI)—on the commodity’s entry into the country, clarified…
Duterte suspends rice importation but won’t scrap tariffication
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the temporary suspension of rice importation during the local harvest season as a way to protect Filipino farmers…
BOC: NVVS value a ‘reference’, not replacement for transaction value
There is no order instructing customs appraisers to favor value in the National Value Verification System (NVVS) over the transaction value, according to an…
PH export basket has remained underdeveloped for decades—report
The Philippines’ export basket barely improved from 1995 to 2014, but it still has the potential to evolve through structural transformation and increased productivity…
The Philippine government said there is no directive yet from President Rodrigo Duterte to suspend the importation of rice. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III…
BOC Clark destroys smuggled cigarette-making machines
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Clark has destroyed several smuggled cigarette-manufacturing machines, fake cigarette master cases, and other packaging materials. Condemned on…
Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI), marketer of the Caltex brand of fuels, lubricants, and petroleum products, has undertaken live fuel marking at its import terminal…
Aggrieved PH threatens retaliatory tariffs on Thai car imports
The Philippines is considering imposing tariffs on auto imports from Thailand in retaliation for the neighboring country’s non-compliance with a World Trade Organization (WTO)…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine National Police (PNP), and Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) have apprehended the consignee…
BOC releases guidelines for submission of advance declaration to CTS
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued operational guidelines on the submission by foreign carriers and their agents of the advance cargo declaration and…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has apprehended a passenger at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for attempting to smuggle into the country six kilograms…
Philippine merchandise trade hit its sixth consecutive month of decline in September 2019 as both imports and exports recorded decreases during the period, data…
Study cautions against ban, regulation of foreign shipping line surcharges
Instead of an outright ban or regulation of surcharges imposed by international shipping lines, the Philippine government should draft rules to monitor such surcharges,…
PH Sept manufacturing output down 10 months in a row
The Philippine manufacturing sector recorded decreases in both volume and value in September 2019, its 10th successive month of decline, according to the Philippine…
