(First of a two-part series.) The massive growth in international trade and the proliferation of regional and bilateral trading agreements have made international trade…
38 key BOC officials reassigned for breaking orders
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has ordered the relief and re-assignment of eight district collectors and 30 section chiefs of the Bureau of Customs…
More PH shipments to go through red lane, all to undergo xray
More container shipments will be classified under the Philippine Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) red lane selectivity system, with all of these shipments now…
Guidelines implementing tax-free importation of balikbayan boxes on hold
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has temporarily suspended its guidelines implementing duty- and tax-free importation of consolidated balikbayan boxes due to complaints by overseas…
All containerized shipments consigned to and bound for customs bonded warehouses (CBWs) in the Philippines are now undergoing x-ray inspection to prevent smuggling. Customs…
4 BOC orders aimed at jacking up revenues, closing collection loopholes
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has laid down four directives designed to boost revenue collection and plug collection gaps, including scrutinizing documents to ensure…
Alerted shipments for inspection within 48 hours, says BOC chief
Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has ordered that alerted shipments be inspected within 48 hours to prevent corruption. Customs stakeholders fear receiving alert orders…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is installing an additional 19 brand-new x-ray machines at three terminals of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)…
Customs nabs MICP employee, two cohorts for alleged corruption
Following the order of Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña to conduct thorough port inspection, agents of the Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) and Enforcement and…
Customs accreditation office placed under another group again
Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has returned the Account Management Office (AMO) of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to the Intelligence Group (IG). Lapeña, in…
BOC accelerates recruitment, promotion to check corruption
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is fast-tracking the promotion and hiring of new personnel to fill around 3,000 vacant plantilla positions as a…
Customs’ AMO ordered to speed up handling of importers’ applications
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has instructed the Accounts Management Office (AMO) to process the applications of importers and customs brokers registering with the…
Philippine customs district collectors and office heads were reminded to stringently enforce underguarding of goods from the port of discharge to the destination customs…
PH bill extending mandatory PSI to containerized imports being drafted
The Philippine Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has approved the suggestion of Senator Franklin Drilon to draw up a resolution proposing to amend two administrative…
