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Carriers, truckers initiate rate rollback in PH

Foreign shipping lines have started to lift their port congestion charges, while trucking charges have gone back to pre-Manila truck ban levels in a…
  • April 14, 2015
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BOC requires electronic air manifest by May

After two resets, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) will finally enforce in May the mandatory submission of manifest for air cargo through the electronic-to-mobile…
  • April 13, 2015
  • 4 minute read

BOC’s regulated imports list in force starting May 4

The Bureau of Customs’s (BOC) Regulated Imports List (RIL) has been finalized and is set to be implemented on May 4. The original target…
  • April 13, 2015
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BOC updates rules on tax-free import of relief goods

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released revised guidelines and procedures for seeking custom duty or tax exemption for international donations bound for calamity…
  • April 13, 2015
  • 2 minute read

Rice auction in Zamboanga to net P22M

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) expects to generate over P22 million in revenues for the auction of around 21,640 sacks of rice at the…
  • April 13, 2015
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Penalty rules for import statement errors consolidated by BOC

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has amended and consolidated guidelines and procedures for imposing penalties on importers and customs brokers after post-entry audit shows…
  • April 12, 2015
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Manila ports’ utilization remains high

Yard utilization at Manila’s two international container terminals remains high after the five-day holiday during the Papal visit, according to the Philippine Ports Authority…
  • January 25, 2015
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BOC issues accreditation rules for PEZA companies

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released regulations on accrediting Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) locators. The new guidelines, embodied in Customs Memorandum Order…
  • January 25, 2015
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House bill seeks to open PH inter-island shipping to foreign ships

Ifugao Representative Teodoro Brawner Baguilat, Jr. is pushing for the passage of his bill that will allow foreign carriers to dock at multiple ports…
  • January 25, 2015
  • 3 minute read

What To Watch Out For In the 1st Quarter

PEZA and BOC e-Systems Data Integration Serious efforts to integrate PEZA e-Systems data with the BOC e2m system were underway as early as 2012.…
  • January 25, 2015
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BOC cancels stuffing policy for export cargoes

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has repealed a 2010 directive that requires the presence of Customs personnel during the stuffing of export shipments. Customs…
  • January 22, 2015
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BOC suspends container stuffing directive

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is temporarily suspending the implementation of a directive that requires the presence of Customs personnel during the stuffing of…
  • January 20, 2015
  • 4 minute read

Infrastructure best long-term remedy for PH road, port congestion—World Bank

The World Bank recommends investment in infrastructure as the long-term measure for the Philippines to solve the worsening congestion problems on roads and in…
  • January 19, 2015
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Two PH traders charged with smuggling in 1.3M kilos of glutinous rice

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed smuggling charges against two Cagayan de Oro-based rice traders who illegally imported over 1.3 million kilograms of…
  • January 19, 2015
  • 1 minute read

Port of Manila open during Papal visit

The Port of Manila (Manila International Container Terminal [MICT], South Harbor, North Port and Harbour Centre Port Terminals, Inc) and Tacloban port will be…
  • January 14, 2015
  • 3 minute read

PH exporters ask for freeze on BOC stuffing policy

Philippine exporters are asking the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to hold off on implementing a 2010 directive that requires a customs official to be…
  • January 14, 2015
  • 4 minute read

Customs screens more potential recruits for 9 ports

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will be screening 284 applicants for vacant posts in nine customs ports to beef up its manpower this year.…
  • January 14, 2015
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