PH Customs moves to clear all ports of overstaying boxes by end-Mar
Philippine Customs commissioner Alberto Lina directed all customs officials to get rid of all overstaying cargoes at all ports across the country on or…
Philippine Customs deputy commissioner for Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group (AOCG) Atty Agaton Teodoro Uvero has been detailed to the Department of Finance (DOF) to…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs has appointed eight district collectors to replace officers – all retired generals — detailed from the Office of Revenue Agency Modernization…
Mindanao Container Terminal posts 11.5% box volume fall in 2015
Container traffic at Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) fell 11.5% in 2015, its lowest volume in five years. Data from the Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA)…
BOC gets reprieve with SC TRO vs Manila court decision on computerization project
The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against a Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) decision that prevents the Bureau of…
BOC intel group may pore over export declarations with tax refunds
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has authorized its Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) to have access to export information to “maximize the anti-smuggling…
The total collection of the Philippine Bureau of Customs reached P29.1 billion in November, 27.4% or P10.9 billion below the P40-billion target for the…
Philippine firms may now monetize the outstanding value-added tax (VAT) tax credit certificates (TCCs) they earned from the Bureau of Customs (BOC). In a…
BOC warns vs illegal activities of ‘Task Force Sunshine’
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is dissuading the public from transacting with persons pretending to be connected with the agency through the so-called…
The Bureau of Customs-Enforcement Group (BOC-EG) seized early this month P12.675 million worth of fake imported cigarettes, the agency’s biggest haul of such products…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed smuggling charges against two consignees of alleged illegal shipments of imported rice and pyrotechnics with a total…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) was named the top drug-busting agency in the country by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), outperforming 58 other…
PH Senate oks on 2nd reading Customs modernization act
The Philippine Senate last night approved on second reading Senate Bill 2968 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA). The Department of Finance…
PH off-dock CY/CFS operators to end rebate practice as new rates take effect
The Association of Off-Dock Container Yard Operators of the Philippines (ACOP) will no longer accommodate rebates starting the first day of January next year,…
BOC, DHL eye more efficient air express shipment clearance
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and DHL Express Phils Corp will collaborate to enhance anti-smuggling strategies and align to global best practices procedures for…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released revised uniform rates that will be charged by off-dock container yard/container freight stations (OCCs) starting January 1,…
BOC puts on hold pilot test for e-processing of Certificate of Origin
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has indefinitely suspended the trial run for the electronic process of issuing the Certificate of Origin (e-CO). Customs commissioner…
