BOC IG officers to do spot checks of suspicious shipments
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has authorized its Intelligence Group (IG) to witness spot checks and non-intrusive examinations conducted on all consolidated cargoes and…
BOC pilots electronic transfer of permit to CY/CFS
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has started pilot-testing the electronic transit of permits to off-dock container yards/container freight stations (CY/CFS) to comply with a…
BOC Sept collection slips on lower oil import revenue
Revenue collected by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in September declined 0.8% to P32.65 billion year-on-year and was short by 20.6% of the P41.1-billion…
PCCI suggests trade, logistics reforms to aid PH businesses
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) is proposing trade and logistics reforms that would help further ease doing business in the country.…
Bill raising tax exemption for balikbayan boxes folded into draft CMTA
Overseas Filipino workers and their families in the Philippines may soon no longer have to worry about paying taxes on their balikbayan (personal effects)…
BOC charges sugar importer for P13.7M misdeclared shipment
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed smuggling charges against Blue Chelsea Enterprises for misdeclaring P13.7 million worth of refined sugar from China. The…
PH customs brokers want TABS scrapped for impeding cargo flow
The Professional Customs Brokers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PCBAPI) is requesting government to stop implementing the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS), citing its…
3 Customs officials suspended over misdeclared assets
The Office of the Ombudsman has suspended without pay three Bureau of Customs (BOC) officers who failed to fully disclose their assets, liabilities, and…
PH Customs chief eyes weighing of import cargo inside ports, truck registration with BOC
Customs commissioner Alberto Lina said he will soon issue a memo that requires terminal operators to weigh import containers within the port before their…
MMC mulls opening Roxas Boulevard to truckers again
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) is studying the possibility of allowing trucks to ply Roxas Boulevard, according to the head of the Philippine National…
Joint government agencies seize dangerous drugs at NAIA
The Bureau of Customs (BOC), working with other government agencies, intercepted prohibited and regulated drugs that arrived in parcels at the Ninoy Aquino International…
Lower House approves Customs modernization bill on 3rd reading
The Philippine House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA), a priority measure of the…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intercepted shipments of smartphones and other high-tech gadgets with an estimated value of P60 million and 3,000 television…
BOC-MICP revenue from auction of seized goods swells
The Bureau of Customs-Manila International Container Port (BOC-MICP) collection district generated P331.89 million in revenue in the first nine months of 2015 derived from…
BOC introduces key changes to issuance, lifting of alert orders
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued revised rules for the electronic/manual issuance and lifting of alert orders aimed at promoting “transparency and accountability”…
