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…
PH brokers cite difficulties in using truck booking system
Customs brokers have identified problems using the Terminal Appointment Booking System (TABS), including difficulty in booking appointments and slow and unreliable Internet connection. At…
Brokers assail declarant provision under draft CMTA
Several customs brokers’ associations are calling on the government to reject a section in the draft Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) that allows…
CCBI chief eyes electronic database, national ID for brokers
The Chamber of Customs Brokers, Inc. (CCBI), the professional organization of customs brokers in the country recognized by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), plans…
The Confederation of Truckers Association of the Philippines (CTAP) reduced its guide rates for the transport of containerized cargoes effective this month, and the…
Can the Philippine finance secretary amend an act of Congress through a department order, and can the commissioners of internal revenue and customs enforce…
BOC to finally enforce order on detailed import description
AFTER being unenforced for seven years, a Customs Memorandum Order (CMO) that implements a Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) order requiring traders to make…
SULLIED by gross mistakes some colleagues had made and negative public perception about their role in trade facilitation, Filipino customs brokers are mounting a…
Order suspends memo requiring PH Customs Commissioner clearance for imports
Philippine Customs Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon said he recently signed an order suspending all memoranda requiring clearances from the Office of the Commissioner (OCOM)…
