Draft BOC orders on postal items, baggage processing seek feedback
A draft customs administrative order (CAO) implementing provisions on the handling of the clearance of postal items and another on the processing of traveler…
Revenues collected as of mid-November show that the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has exceeded by 7.6% its average daily target. Preliminary data from…
Philippine Customs Deputy Commissioner Art Lachica was ambushed on España Boulevard in Manila tonight. He sustained gun shot wounds and was rushed to nearby…
BOC issues draft rule on duty drawback, refund implementation
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) to implement Philippine provisions on duty drawback, refund and abatement, and return of sash deposits held in trust…
PH Customs order on advance ruling takes effect Nov 15
The customs administrative order (CAO) implementing a new advance ruling system for valuation and rules of origin (RO) in the Philippines will take effect…
BOC x-ray units ordered to submit all shipments for final evaluation
Philippine Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon reiterated to all Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials and employees that all shipments that undergo x-ray examination must still…
BOC introduces draft rule on tax, duty-exempt import perks for OFWs
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) on the tax- and duty-exempt privileges for importations of personal and household effects by returning residents and overseas…
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed five new senior officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). In separate letters signed on October 17 by…
Draft PH customs order hikes tax exemption for balikbayan boxes
A draft customs administrative order (CAO) governing the consolidated shipment of duty- and tax-free balikbayan boxes (personal effects from overseas Filipino workers) and increasing their…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) revenue collection in September increased 2% to P33.326 billion from P32.651 billion year-on-year, but was 9.58% short of…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) September collection of P33.951 billion is almost a billion peso more than the P33.002 billion collection in August,…
New PH Customs order implements advance ruling system
The customs order that establishes an advance ruling system for valuation and rules of origin (RO) concerning import and export merchandise in the Philippines…
This is the last part of a four-part article outlining the major problems confronting the Philippine Bureau of Customs; the previous efforts to reform…
