Draft order sets up rules on establishment of customs bonded warehouses in PH
The recently released draft rules governing customs bonded warehouses (CBWs) and customs facilities and warehouses (CFWs) in the Philippines create clearer regulations on their establishment…
Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon recently signed Customs Special Order No. 58-2016 authorizing deputy chief of staff Mandy Therese Anderson to sign the daily time…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) this month returned to its previous nine-hour work period except those in the frontline services, which will adopt…
This is the third part of a four-part article outlining the major problems confronting the Philippine Bureau of Customs; the previous efforts to reform and…
BOC, LTO seen as most corrupt agencies in latest SWS survey
Corruption in government institutions is perceived to have increased in the last few months of the Aquino administration, with the Bureau of Customs (BOC)…
Draft order on PH Customs post-clearance audit out
The preliminary version of the customs administrative order (CAO) enabling the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) to perform post-clearance audit as stipulated under the…
WCO chief: BOC needs to combine clear vision with IT to raise efficiency
The World Customs Organization (WCO) underscores the need for the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) to adopt a strategic vision, supported by the use…
This is the second part of a four-part article outlining the major problems confronting the Philippine Bureau of Customs; the previous efforts to reform…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) expects to net P23.759 million from another public auction on October 4 at the Manila International Container Port…
This is a four-part article outlining the major problems confronting the Philippine Bureau of Customs; the previous efforts to reform and modernize the agency;…
Don’t rule out customs brokers yet, says industry expert
Although the engagement of their services will eventually become optional, customs brokers will continue to process shipments in the Philippines if the current Bureau…
Complicated PH clearance processes to warrant use of customs brokers by multinationals
Multinational companies will likely continue to engage the services of customs brokers even if these become optional two years after implementation of the Customs…
Proposed memo establishes protocol for issuing alert orders in PH
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) that operationalizes how alert orders are to be issued and processed in the Philippines has been released by…
Duty, VAT claimants can start getting their refund from BOC
Some 125 companies with pending duty drawbacks or tax claims may now start processing their claims at the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC). Claimants…
Manila post office search yields P7.5M in ecstasy pills
Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives, in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), intercepted at the Manila Central Post Office this week…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has created a center that will centralize and coordinate operations, especially in the areas of trade facilitation and…
