WTO PH trade policy review: CMTA commendable but business environment stands improvement
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has welcomed the Philippines’ implementation of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) and other trade facilitation measures, but…
BOC exceeds Mar target; 5 laggard ports to soon get new collectors
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected P45.398 billion in March 2018, exceeding by 0.6% its P45.133-billion target, and by 19.1% the P38.11 billion…
Lapeña to BOC staff: Respond to all inquiries in 5 days
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has reiterated to Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials the need to comply with the five-day mandatory period to respond…
Importers slapped with undervaluation, agri smuggling charges
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) filed charges before the Department of Justice against importers and customs brokers for alleged gross undervaluation of imports and…
BOC chief: culprits to answer for illegal release of alerted containers
Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña vows to make accountable the individuals involved in the unauthorized release of 105 alerted containers from the Port of…
BOC to forge data exchange arrangement with US, SoKor, Japan
Philippine Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has directed Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials to set up data exchange arrangements with South Korea, Japan, and…
PH port users reiterate need to probe foreign liners’ fees, charges
More Philippine stakeholders and port users are urgently pressing government to review and regulate charges imposed by international shipping lines, saying these charges have…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has rejected claims off-dock container yard/container freight stations (CY/CFS) are proliferating, noting that the issue involves only one…
BOC-MICP urges importers to voluntarily pay higher excise tax rates
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Manila International Container Port (MICP) is encouraging importers, especially multinational companies, to voluntarily pay the higher excise tax on…
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…
BOC releases requirements for accreditation of customs brokers
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has finalized requirements for the accreditation of customs brokers. The list joins an earlier one for importers.…
BOC hosts WCO Sub-Regional Train-the-Trainers Workshop on Programme Global Shield
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) co-hosted the World Customs Organization (WCO) Sub-Regional Train-the-Trainers Workshop on Programme Global Shield (PGS) that started on March…
New BOC IT chief identifies priorities to modernize systems
Noel Patrick Prudente, the new deputy commissioner of the Management Information Systems and Technology Group (MISTG) of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC), said…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has tapped Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) to handle the procurement of its services, equipment, and infrastructure requirements so…
PH Customs eyes incentive reward if it tops 2018 target
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is planning to apply for an incentive reward and an exemption from the Salary Standardization Law (SSL), upbeat…
BOC intercepts Chinese shipments with P9M smuggled cigarettes, fireworks
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Manila has seized two misdeclared 40-footer containers from China that contained cigarettes and fireworks worth P8.98 million.…
