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 releases revised order on duty-, tax-free import of consolidated balikbayan boxes
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has finally issued the amended order implementing duty- and tax-free importation into the Philippines of consolidated balikbayan (personal effects)…
BOC’s tight balancing act: Trade facilitation and revenue generation
Much has transpired a year since Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon assumed the leadership of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in July 2016. He…
Logistics, courier, and remittance services provider LBC Express, Inc. reported a net income of P620.547 million in the first nine months of 2016, which…
Draft PH customs order hikes tax exemption for balikbayan boxes
A draft customs administrative order (CAO) governing the consolidated shipment of duty- and tax-free balikbayan boxes (personal effects from overseas Filipino workers) and increasing their…
BOC activates duties and tax calculator app for OFWs, balikbayans
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has created a free mobile application to assist the public, especially balikbayans (returning Filipinos) and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs),…
BOC help desk deals with concerns on importer accreditation, balikbayan boxes
Queries on the status of parcels and balikbayan or personal items boxes, updates on the accreditation request of importers and customs brokers, and issues…
BOC affirms xray inspection for balikbayan boxes under revised rules
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued revised rules on balikbayan box shipments, subjecting them to mandatory x-ray scanning instead of arbitrary physical inspection.…
BOC’s revised rules on balikbayan boxes out this week
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will issue on Sept 2 revised guidelines on shipping balikbayan (personal effects) boxes, the result of President Benigno Aquino III’s…
Senders of balikbayan (personal effects) boxes should avoid dealing with 43 disreputable freight forwarders subject of complaints from shippers and consignees for non-delivery of…
DTI agency cracks down on shady freight forwarders, consolidators
The Department of Trade and Industry-Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (DTI-FTEB) has filed formal complaints against a number of sea freight forwarders for operating without…
New PH sea freight forwarders outnumber airfreight counterparts
MORE Philippine companies were engaged in the sea freight forwarding business rather than airfreight forwarding in 2013. Data from the Philippine Shippers’ Bureau (PSB)…
PH agency accredits 7 new freight forwarders, renews 21 others
SEVEN companies joined the Philippine freight forwarding industry in August while 21 others had renewed their accreditation over the last three months. Data from…
PH shippers’ agency pushes crackdown on erring forwarders
THE Philippine Shippers’ Bureau (PSB) is keen to hunt down freight forwarding violators, adding names to the list of both erring non-accredited and accredited…
More complaints on missing ‘balikbayan’ boxes sent to PH justice department
THE Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has endorsed to the Department of Justice (DOJ) four other complaints on undelivered balikbayan (personal effects)…
The Philippine Shippers’ Bureau (PSB) recently published a list of non-accredited freight forwarders, some of whom have been reported for non-delivery of balikbayan (personal…
