Customs to decide soon on MCT customs clearance area issue
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is studying the request of Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) stakeholders to return the physical inspection of containers to the…
Post Clearance Audit Group chief Nepomuceno hands in resignation
Assistant commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno, who heads the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG), has tendered his resignation, confirmed Customs commissioner Isidro…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has collected P43.674 billion in revenue in February 2018, exceeding its target of P41.709 billion as majority of…
Starting March 1, the Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has stopped accepting applications for importer’s and customs broker’s clearance certificates following a Department…
Misdeclared beauty products worth P8.65M seized by BOC-NAIA
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) recently seized beauty products valued at P8.65 million misdeclared as personal effects. BOC-NAIA district collector…
BOC orders ports to set up unit to verify FTA tariff application
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has reiterated its directive for its officials to establish, activate, or reconstitute a preferential rate unit (PRU) in…
BOC-SBMA looks at setting up customs complex in Subic
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) are forming a technical working group (TWG) for the creation of…
BOC-NAIA eyes measures to cut cargo clearance time
STAKEHOLDERS can expect faster and more streamlined processing at the Bureau of Customs-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA), as the collection district lays down plans…
Smuggled luxe vehicles will be condemned, not auctioned: BOC
In compliance with the directive of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) will condemn rather than auction off seized smuggled luxury…
Deputy collectors, section chiefs of PH ports short of collection targets face relief
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña will relieve deputy collectors and section chiefs of ports that failed to meet their January revenue collection target. “I…
Oil, auto, steel, agri sectors on top of BOC audit list
The Philippine Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) reactivated unit, Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG), has begun to identify importers and industries to investigate as it…
BOC chief confident of meeting P598B collection target in 2018
Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has committed to President Rodrigo Duterte that the Bureau of Customs (BOC) will hit its P598.1-billion revenue collection target…
President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed five new officials to the Bureau of Customs (BOC), including Noel Patrick Prudente who will head the Management Information…
PH test link to ASEAN Single Window successful, says DOF
Initial tests to assess the Philippines’ interconnection with other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies, starting with Indonesia, via the ASEAN Single Window…
BOC anti-smuggling unit lodges smuggling cases vs importers of used clothing
The anti-smuggling unit Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS) of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed smuggling charges against two Davao-based companies…
