Logistics and remittance service provider LBC Express Holdings, Inc. has acquired 100% of shares in Japanese balikbayan box shipping operator Mermaid Co., Ltd. for…
BOC rolls out implementing rules for consolidated balikbayan box shipments
Just in time for the holidays, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued rules for the simplified customs clearance procedures covering consolidated shipment of…
BOC seizes balikbayan boxes with concealed guns, ammo
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has nabbed two individuals suspected of smuggling into the Philippines some P5.5 million worth of regulated firearms and gun…
BOC extends suspension of rules on balikbayan box imports
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has extended the suspension of its 2016 guidelines implementing duty- and tax-free importation of consolidated balikbayan boxes until…
BOC eyes end-March for submission of all draft CMTA orders
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) targets submission by end-March all draft implementing rules and regulations (IRRs) of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act…
Guidelines implementing tax-free importation of balikbayan boxes on hold
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has temporarily suspended its guidelines implementing duty- and tax-free importation of consolidated balikbayan boxes due to complaints by overseas…
Lawmaker wants review of BOC rule to list contents of balikbayan boxes
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto is calling for the immediate “activation and convening” of a joint Senate-Lower House oversight committee to review the…
Duty-, tax-free privilege for balikbayan boxes starts August
After months of delay, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and Filipinos residing abroad may start sending August 1 their balikbayan (personal effects) boxes to the…
Balikbayan forwarders have until end-March to register with BOC
Philippine freight forwarders and deconsolidators dealing with balikbayan (personal effects and household goods) boxes have until March 31, 2017 to register with the Account…
BOC introduces easy-to-follow info sheet for OFWs sending balikbayan boxes
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued a revised information sheet with easier to follow instructions for overseas Filipino workers and Filipinos residing abroad…
Customs order on tax, duty exemption of returning OFWs now in effect
The customs order implementing tax and duty exemption for importations by returning residents and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) of their personal and household effects…
BOC order on duty-, tax-free balikbayan boxes now in effect
Overseas Filipino workers and Filipinos residing abroad may now send their balikbayan (household goods and personal effects) boxes to the Philippines duty- and tax-free.…
Cheaper fees for sending “balikbayan” boxes expected
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) expects less fees to be collected by freight forwarders for handling balikbayan box (containing household goods and personal effects)…
BOC, DOF sign IRR on duty, tax-free shipment of ‘balikbayan’ boxes
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Finance (DOF) have signed Customs Administrative Order (CAO) 05-2016, which will allow tax and…
Auction winner agrees to sell overstaying balikbayan boxes to owners
Some 400 balikbayan (personal effects from overseas Filipino workers) boxes overstaying at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) since March 2016 will be released to…
BOC introduces draft rule on tax, duty-exempt import perks for OFWs
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) on the tax- and duty-exempt privileges for importations of personal and household effects by returning residents and overseas…
BOC creates mobile app to guide balikbayan box senders
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will be rolling out an app that will help overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to be constantly informed about rules for sending…
