The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is reviewing its National Value Verification System (NVVS) and mulling its suspension as requested by the House of Representatives…
BOC mulls NVVS suspension after House recommendation
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PH Oct trade weakens further as imports enter seventh month of decline
Philippine merchandise trade registered its seventh consecutive month of decline in October 2019 as imports continued its decline during the period, data from the…
Transport dept: no deliberate delay in Bulacan airport project
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) maintains that there are no objections to and no deliberate delay in the construction of the Bulacan International Airport…
JG Summit enters logistics biz with P60M JV deal with DHL
Conglomerate JG Summit Holdings, Inc. (JGSHI), global logistics company Deutsche Post Beteiligungen Holding GMBH (DHL), and ACCRAIN Holdings Corporation have signed a joint venture…
Metro Pacific proposes P16B extension of NLEX Harbor Link
Tollroad firm Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) is proposing to improve the north’s access to Manila ports by extending the Harbor Link section of…
ICTSI’s Puerto Aguadulce services largest box ship to call in Colombia
Port operator Sociedad Puerto Industrial de Aguadulce (SPIA) has set a new operational milestone at the Port of Buenaventura in Colombia after servicing the…
P1.6M worth of high-grade marijuana seized by BOC-NAIA
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized a parcel allegedly containing high-grade marijuana, also known as Kush weeds, weighing 1.05 kilograms and with an…
Multisectoral body to help elevate BOC services, standards
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has convened a multisectoral council that will provide expert advice on how the agency can achieve its goal of…
Month-long free fare for passengers of Cavite-Manila ferry service
Passenger fare for the newly reopened ferry service between Cavite and Manila will be free for a whole month, according to the Department of…
House bill on free freight for relief goods OK’d on final reading
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to provide free freight services to relief organizations…
P11M worth of misdeclared food products, used clothing seized at MICP
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized six containers of food products and used clothing estimated to be worth around P11.34 million for alleged…
PH interface with ASEAN Single Window moved to this month
The Philippines’ plan to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Single Window (ASW) has been moved by a month to December this…
Draft Customs order on provisional goods declaration out
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released the draft customs memorandum order (CMO) providing guidelines for the lodging and processing of provisional goods declaration…
IMO, FAO launch global project to tackle marine plastic litter
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have launched a new global project to prevent and reduce marine plastic…
Weak start to cargo peak season; passenger demand still growing amid headwinds
Global air cargo’s peak season is off to a disappointing start, with demand down 3.5% in October 2019 year-on-year, the 12th consecutive month of…
BOC bares rules on compulsory acquisition of undervalued imports
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued rules on the Philippine government’s right to acquire undervalued imported goods. Customs Administrative Order (CAO) No. 16-2019,…
BOC adds 2 x-ray machines at MICP
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) installed two portal-type x-ray machines at the Manila International Container Port (MICP), increasing the port’s maximum x-ray inspection capacity…
Pierre Curay is SCMAP president-elect for 2020
XVC Logistics’ Pierre Carlo Curay has been named president-elect of Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines (SCMAP) for 2020, and will assume the…
INHTA’s new board of trustees inducted
The Inland Haulers and Truckers Association (INHTA) has inducted its new Board of Trustees (BOT) for the year 2020. Teodorico Gervacio remains as the…
PH manufacturing output falls for 11th straight month
The Philippine manufacturing sector continues to record decreases in both volume and value in October 2019, its 11th month in a row of decline,…
