Melvin Estoque, who headed the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) Account Management Office, the unit that handles the accreditation of importers and customs brokers, has…
PH logistics players upbeat about 2018 amid old issues
Philippine cargo transport service providers and supply chain professionals remain optimistic this year despite new and persistent challenges, saying issues will be centered on…
Imports with generic description to undergo close BOC scrutiny
Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña is warning Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials against processing shipments with articles that have been declared in general terms as…
BOC, PEZA in renewed partnership to further automate operations
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) renewing their cooperation to further improve…
BOC order limits officers with authority to issue alerts
Only the chief of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC), his authorized representative, and district collectors are now authorized to issue alert orders. Customs…
BOC order stipulates how to assess goods newly subject to higher excise tax
While waiting for implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Tax Reform for Inclusion and Acceleration (TRAIN), commodities with increased excise tax under the…
BOC chief warns against extortionists using his name
Philippine customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has denied any link to individuals using his name to extort money from importers and customs brokers. Reports reached…
A new batch of officials recently joined the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC). At the agency’s flag-raising ceremony on January 22, Customs Commissioner Isidro…
Lapeña to customs collectors: Mind your collection targets
Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña will issue a memorandum directing all district collectors and other officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to take…
Smuggling case vs Taguba, 9 others in shabu shipment pushed anew
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has once again appealed to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to press smuggling charges against Mark Ruben Taguba…
No outright clearance for Hyundai shipments, says BOC chief
Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña on Friday said the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has not given absolute clearance to Hyundai Asia Resources Inc. (HARI) on its…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs is limiting to three the number of authorized representatives or processors transacting with the customs agency on behalf of…
New BOC order: Only BOC chief can approve, disapprove importer, broker accreditation
The Philippine Customs commissioner is now the sole authority authorized to approve and disapprove the accreditation of importers and customs brokers under a new…
BOC turns over P129M worth of dangerous drugs to PDEA
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) its biggest seizure of dangerous drugs to date, intercepted…
Eighteen Bureau of Customs officials have been assigned to new posts in the latest appointments approved by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III. Dominguez recently…
DBM to assist BOC in finding a fuel marking service provider
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has tapped the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) to procure a service provider that will implement…
Coast Guard hands over to BOC rice confiscated at Zamboanga port
More than 60,000 sacks of smuggled rice seized in Zamboanga Sibugay have been officially turned over by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) District South…
CCBI questions ‘improperly imposed’ customs penalties on shipments
The Chamber of Customs Brokers, Inc. (CCBI) is requesting the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to revisit actions taken by assessment…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has created a special unit to evaluate complaints and conduct lifestyle checks on customs officials and personnel. BOC’s…
