The Bureau of Customs (BOC) arrested an Indonesian national for allegedly attempting to smuggle 8 kilograms (kg) of methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as shabu…
Merging the two customs collection districts at the Manila port will make collecting duties and taxes more efficient, while stakeholders will benefit from improved…
Integration of SPS certificates into TradeNet ongoing
The Department of Finance (DOF) and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) are working closely with the Department of Agriculture (DA) to integrate…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently held a forum to update stakeholders on several pressing topics including accreditation, stabilization of the electronic-to-mobile (e2m) system,…
BOC updating e2m to recognize other measurement units
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will update soon its electronic-to-mobile (e2m) system to finally include other units of measurements besides kilograms (kg) in establishing…
BOC’s new alert order monitoring system now operational
Beginning September 30, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) began implementing its Alert Order Monitoring System (AOMS), the web application for recording and monitoring alert…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) arrested in Tarlac City an airline passenger who had carried luggage containing P35 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally…
Pork and pork-related imports from African swine fever (ASF)-affected countries Myanmar, Serbia and South Korea have been banned. The three countries join an earlier…
Xray for CBW-bound container cargo mandatory, reminds BOC
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has reiterated the need to strictly implement mandatory x-ray of all containerized cargoes bound for customs bonded warehouses (CBWs).…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has lined up several short-, medium- and long-term automation projects covering, among others, informal entries, e-commerce shipments and postal…
BOC post-clearance audit group on track to hit P4B target
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Post-Clearance Audit Group (PCAG) has collected more than half of its P4-billion target this year from importers availing of…
PH fuel marking program implementing rules released
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has finally released implementing rules for its fuel marking program, which mandates marking and testing of petroleum products under…
Customs sets policy on outsourcing of ancillary functions
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has laid down rules on outsourcing of its non-sovereign functions, such as value-added and fuel marking services, to private…
Two fake customs collectors fall in entrapment operation
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has apprehended two individuals allegedly posing as Customs personnel and collecting grease money for the release of a consignee’s…
