All BOC automation requirements now with World Bank—Lapeña

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has completed the requirements that will lead the World Bank (WB) to approve a proposed project to modernize…

BOC study to identify delays in cargo clearance

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will conduct a time release study (TRS) to identify delays in the clearance of cargoes and to formulate corrective…

Customs seizes P133M in illegal drugs at NAIA, Clark airport 

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intercepted 17.96 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) and 1.03 kilos of marijuana estimated to be worth P133.6 million…

BOC tasks TWG to review, resolve advance manifest submission issues

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) has cre­ated a technical working group (TWG) to review the provisions of its suspended advanced manifest system (AMS), accord­ing…

BOC busts P300M worth of fake goods in Baclaran

The Bureau of Customs uncovered thousands of boxes of fake goods estimated to be worth P300 million in several warehouses in Baclaran, Pasay City.…

BOC seizes misdeclared goods valued at P29M

(Updated on June 25, 2pm to reflect Bureau of Customs correction on 13th paragraph, relating to timing of revocation of Megaabundancesteel accreditation.) The Bureau…

E-transfer of cargoes to off-dock CFS starts pilot run

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on June 18 began pilot-testing the electronic transfer of consolidated containerized cargoes from the Port of Manila (POM) and…

BOC destroys P22M in cigars, other seized contraband

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently destroyed P22 million worth of smuggled goods that were seized at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). Among…

P250M Thai rice with no import permit nabbed at Manila port

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently seized 200 containers of Thai white rice estimated to be worth P250 million at the Manila International Container…

Stronger links between ASEAN and Russian customs agencies urged

Philippine Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has called for closer cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in…

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 Clark seizes P74.8M worth of illegal drugs

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Clark has intercepted 11.5 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) with an estimated street value of P74.8…

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…

New BOC order updates ruling on alert orders

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has revised rules on the electronic/manual issuance and lifting of alert orders. Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña on May…

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).…