Draft customs order on brokers’ registration released
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) providing new rules on the registration procedure for customs brokers has been released for public review by the…
BOC issues rules on advance submission of e-manifest under new AMS
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released guidelines for the advance submission of the manifest and other documents to its new Advanced Manifest System…
BOC defers for 3 weeks order on submission, counterchecking of list of importables
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has suspended for three weeks the implementation of an order he signed on March 27 that required all importers…
Importers slapped with undervaluation, agri smuggling charges
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) filed charges before the Department of Justice against importers and customs brokers for alleged gross undervaluation of imports and…
BOC eyes end-March for submission of all draft CMTA orders
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) targets submission by end-March all draft implementing rules and regulations (IRRs) of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act…
Smuggling case vs Taguba, 9 others in shabu shipment pushed anew
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has once again appealed to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to press smuggling charges against Mark Ruben Taguba…
CCBI questions ‘improperly imposed’ customs penalties on shipments
The Chamber of Customs Brokers, Inc. (CCBI) is requesting the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to revisit actions taken by assessment…
PH customs and trading rules made easy with new book
“Understanding International Trade, Tariff and Customs” authored by customs and trade expert Atty Agaton Uvero was launched recently at the Makati Shangri-La before guests from the customs,…
BOC order applies conditional tax, duty exemption on returning OFWs’ imports
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released the guidelines implementing conditional tax and duty exemption on the importations of returning Philippine residents and returning…
Lawmaker wants review of BOC rule to list contents of balikbayan boxes
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto is calling for the immediate “activation and convening” of a joint Senate-Lower House oversight committee to review the…
PPA: BOC order shouldn’t encroach on PPA power over warehouses inside ports
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is recommending revising some provisions of a draft customs administrative order (CAO) under the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act…
PH rules on operation of customs facilities, warehouses proposed
The draft order that provides guidelines for the establishment, operation, supervision, and control of customs facilities and warehouses (CFWs) in the Philippines has been…
PH customs rules operationalizing higher de minimis value take effect
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) guidelines governing duty- and tax-exempt importation of shipments falling within the increased de minimis value of P10,000 and…
BOC introduces draft rule on tax, duty-exempt import perks for OFWs
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) on the tax- and duty-exempt privileges for importations of personal and household effects by returning residents and overseas…
New PH Customs order implements advance ruling system
The customs order that establishes an advance ruling system for valuation and rules of origin (RO) concerning import and export merchandise in the Philippines…
This is the last part of a four-part article outlining the major problems confronting the Philippine Bureau of Customs; the previous efforts to reform…
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…
