PH importers warned anew against wrong classification of imports
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is reiterating an order for importers and customs brokers to accurately describe imported goods in tariff terms, saying…
Program to ease regulatory burden of 5 key PH industries progressing well, says DAP
The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) is gearing to implement its first batch of recommendations that seeks to reduce the regulatory burden of…
PH regulation for advance ruling, rules of origin now in effect
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued the customs memorandum order (CMO) providing guidelines in the implementation of an advance ruling system for…
BOC order on duty-, tax-free balikbayan boxes now in effect
Overseas Filipino workers and Filipinos residing abroad may now send their balikbayan (household goods and personal effects) boxes to the Philippines duty- and tax-free.…
Draft rule lays down measures for handling disputes with BOC
Philippine stakeholders have until January 5, 2017 to submit their position papers on the draft customs administrative order (CAO) that implements the provisions for…
Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon said he is planning to build “world-class port facilities” in the medium term at the Manila port as he…
As prescribed under the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA), the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has signed the order implementing conditional tax and…
Dy Buco formally assumes role of BOC AOCG deputy commissioner
Lawyer Edward James Dy Buco has been sworn into office as deputy commissioner of the Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group (AOCG) of the Bureau…
Draft of PH Anti-Agri Smuggling Act rules now with DOF
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has submitted the draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016 to the…
BOC nabs shipments misdeclared as glutinous rice at Manila port
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized a total of 20 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) with misdeclared information that arrived for transshipment at the…
Customs chief eyes probe of reported release of imported firecrackers
Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon said he is prepared to investigate whether Bureau of Customs (BOC) employees cleared release of imported firecrackers. In a…
Philippine Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has directed Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to dismiss from service a Bureau of Customs (BOC) official for serious…
Cheaper fees for sending “balikbayan” boxes expected
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) expects less fees to be collected by freight forwarders for handling balikbayan box (containing household goods and personal effects)…
On its 38th founding anniversary, the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Manila International Container Port (MICP) presented the list of the top importers, brokers, and deconsolidators…
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) establishing an Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Program in the Philippines has been released by the Department of Finance…
