Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon is calling on trade regulatory agencies to revisit and simplify their process of issuing importation permits as a way…
BOC, DOF sign IRR on duty, tax-free shipment of ‘balikbayan’ boxes
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Department of Finance (DOF) have signed Customs Administrative Order (CAO) 05-2016, which will allow tax and…
Lawyer James Edward Dy Buco has been appointed as the new deputy commissioner for Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group (AOCG) of the Philippine Bureau…
Forty-six containers holding various items like used vehicles and electronic bikes (e-bikes) as well as computers and parts will be sold by the Bureau…
Shipments under PH Co-Loading Act exempt from mandatory filing of consumption entry
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has exempted from mandatory filing of consumption entry articles for transit covered by Republic Act (RA) No. 10668,…
Draft PH order on entry process for imports set for public hearing
The Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) have released the draft customs administrative order (CAO) implementing provisions of the Customs…
BOC to PAL, Cebu Pacific: Pay OT of Mactan-Cebu airport workers
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) again called the attention of Philippine Airlines (PAL) and Cebu Pacific for their failure to settle the long-delayed overtime…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) surpassed its collection target for November 2016 by 12%, recording earnings of P40.239 billion versus the P36.450-billion revenue…
BOC continues to release meat imports despite DA recall of SPS permits
Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon reassured stakeholders there will be no port congestion and undue delays in Customs operations in the wake of the…
PH brokers eye meeting with Customs chief over threat of disaccreditation
Customs brokers will seek an audience with Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon regarding the latter’s threat to cancel accreditation of brokers and importers starting…
Draft PH customs order revises rules for abandoned goods
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) governing the processing of abandoned goods at Philippine gateways has been released by the Department of Finance (DOF)…
The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) has cancelled all import permits for meat and agricultural products to curb the rise in smuggling during the…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has bared plans for the mass promotion of personnel to incentivize professionalism as well as the acquisition of…
Auction winner agrees to sell overstaying balikbayan boxes to owners
Some 400 balikbayan (personal effects from overseas Filipino workers) boxes overstaying at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) since March 2016 will be released to…
PH customs rules operationalizing higher de minimis value take effect
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) guidelines governing duty- and tax-exempt importation of shipments falling within the increased de minimis value of P10,000 and…
