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Customs Modernization and Tariff Act Series 3: New Concepts and Revised Policies
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Carrier pressure on handling costs to undermine ports’ income
After years of healthy growth, many terminal operators are entering 2017 facing a challenging future, their operations undermined by pressure from carriers to lower…
Draft PH order on entry process for imports set for public hearing
The Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) have released the draft customs administrative order (CAO) implementing provisions of the Customs…
BOC to PAL, Cebu Pacific: Pay OT of Mactan-Cebu airport workers
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) again called the attention of Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Cebu Pacific for their failure to settle the long-delayed overtime…
PH not leveraging FTAs to vault into new markets, says DTI
Philippine exporters should take advantage of the country’s various trade agreements to enter into potential and untapped markets, according to the country’s trade chief.…
DTI, DPWH team up to build roads connecting industrial hubs
The Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have agreed to join forces and create a…
Asia-Pacific drives robust traffic growth in October
The Asia-Pacific region was the catalyst for the higher volumes transported by air cargo carriers in October, as traffic for the month eclipsed the…
BOC’s Nov collection up 12% over target
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) surpassed its collection target for November 2016 by 12%, recording earnings of P40.239 billion versus the P36.450-billion revenue…
BOC continues to release meat imports despite DA recall of SPS permits
Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon reassured stakeholders there will be no port congestion and undue delays in Customs operations in the wake of the…
PH brokers eye meeting with Customs chief over threat of disaccreditation
Customs brokers will seek an audience with Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon regarding the latter’s threat to cancel accreditation of brokers and importers starting…
World tariff guide adds new info on non-tariff measures, HS classification
The latest edition of the World Tariff Profiles—the annual report on tariff-based market access requirements that are imposed by countries on goods they import—has…
PH potential as one of fastest growing e-commerce markets seen
The Philippines’ archipelagic landscape is a challenge to e-commerce, but faster inter-island sea travel and support infrastructure can help expand the growing industry, according…
2017 PH infra budget of P860B to go mostly to rural dev’t
The Duterte administration will be spending P860.7 billion on large-scale infrastructure projects next year–including airports, a seaport and a railway network–in keeping with its…
PH hosts high-level BIMP-EAGA meeting
Ministers and senior officials of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) convened in Palawan for their largest annual meeting to tackle priority…
PISA 10th Philippine Maritime Golf Tournament held at Ayala Greenfield Golf
Around 60 players from different member-sectors of the Philippine Inter-Island Shipping Association (PISA), their business partners and associates, friends of the maritime industry and…
Maersk Line to buy Hamburg Sud
Denmark-based Maersk Line announced on December 1 that it has reached an agreement to acquire German container shipping line Hamburg Sud from the Oetker…
Reports rife of Hamburg Sud buyout by Maersk
Danish shipping giant Maersk Line is looking to further increase its presence in the Latin American trades by acquiring German rival Hamburg Sud, the…
Asian airlines register strongest monthly cargo demand
Air cargo carriers in the Asia-Pacific region reported further growth in international freight demand in October year-on-year, traffic figures from the Association of Asia…
Updated WCO trade facilitation guide released
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has published the updated TFA Implementation Guidance, incorporating new tools and instruments and adding more members’ practices to improve…
Returning OFWs’ airport terminal fee canceled by early 2017
The Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) said returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) whose tickets were purchased abroad will be exempt from paying terminal fee…
