BOC orders swift destruction of condemned cargoes to free up port space

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is expediting the disposition of seized and abandoned goods to free up space in ports and remove doubts…

P66M worth of misdeclared goods, ukay-ukay shipments seized at Manila port

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized seven containers holding various beauty products, misdeclared goods, and used clothing (ukay-ukay), together having an estimated worth…

BOC develops monitoring system for legal cases

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has created an automated document tracking system to speed up the disposition of criminal and administrative cases the agency…

Suspects in P11M onion smuggling case charged

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed before the Department of Justice five criminal charges against the consignees and licensed customs brokers involved…

Importers of onions worth P2.8M slapped smuggling raps

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed criminal charges against importers and customs brokers for the alleged illegal importation of onions with an estimated…

PIA donates land for new BOC building; DEA to be located inside MCT

Government-owned and controlled corporation Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA) has provided the Bureau of Customs (BOC) 1.5 hectares of land at the Mindanao Container Terminal…

BOC seizes P4.5M in smuggled onions at Manila port

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized three forty-foot equivalent units (FEUs) containing smuggled onions with an estimated worth of P4.5 million at the…

BOC-NAIA gets new portable x-ray machines

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has installed seven new hand-carried x-ray machines in three terminals at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in a…

BOC seizes P120.36-M worth of shabu misdeclared as chair, stools 

The Bureau of Customs-Port of Clark seized on June 7 at least 17.7 kilos of shabu, with an estimated street value of P120.36 million,…

BOC surpasses May collection target by 3.9%

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported that it hit its revenue collection target for May 2018, collecting P52.601 billion, 3.9% higher than the…

Customs e-library of issuances unveiled to the public

Customs stakeholders now have an alternative place to browse and download old and new issuances of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC). The Customs…

Customs wrecks P34M in smuggled cars, motorbikes

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has destroyed 116 motorcycles and six vehicles that were illegally brought into the Philippines, together worth a total of…

Bulacan warehouses raid yields fake cigarettes, tax stamps valued at P500M

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized several rims of alleged fake cigarettes and hundreds of sacks containing cigarette raw materials in a…

BOC’s MISTG chief dismissed by Duterte

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has sacked Noel Patrick Prudente as Bureau of Customs (BOC) deputy commissioner of Management Information System and Technology Group (MISTG).…

BOC engages Webb Fontaine to improve e2m

The Philippines’ Bureau of Customs (BOC) Management Information System and Technology Group (MISTG) is implementing projects and measures to enhance the performance of the…

P36M in misdeclared commodities from China seized at MICP

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently intercepted seven containers with agricultural products, cigarettes, ukay-ukay (used clothing), and foodstuff, seizing the shipments with an estimated…

PH Customs on its way to exceeding May revenue target

UPDATED ON MAY 27, 6pm, to reflect correct May revenue target. The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has collected P33.752 billion in the first 22…

Fajardo replaces Ecarma as BOC deputy commissioner

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) assistant secretary Jesus Fajardo as deputy commissioner of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Fajardo’s…