BOC extends suspension of rules on balikbayan box imports
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has extended the suspension of its 2016 guidelines implementing duty- and tax-free importation of consolidated balikbayan boxes until…
BOC eyes MOA on pre-shipment inspection with China
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) intends to sign a bilateral agreement with its counterpart in China on implementing data exchange, including pre-shipment inspection (PSI),…
BOC stresses yet again need for detailed goods description
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is reiterating that articles must be declared with detailed descriptions, specifically for shipments of fiber, yarn, and fabric,…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently seized two undeclared brand-new Kawasaki jet skis worth US$8,000 (P417,000) and a used 2008 Porsche (worth P1.5 million)…
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…
Lapeña to BOC staff: Respond to all inquiries in 5 days
Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has reiterated to Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials the need to comply with the five-day mandatory period to respond…
April 1 truckers’ planned protest vs some foreign carriers on hold
The Alliance of Truckers and Customs Brokers has temporarily suspended its April 1 protest plan that would have stopped its members from accepting and…
BOC to forge data exchange arrangement with US, SoKor, Japan
Philippine Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has directed Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials to set up data exchange arrangements with South Korea, Japan, and…
BOC hosts WCO Sub-Regional Train-the-Trainers Workshop on Programme Global Shield
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) co-hosted the World Customs Organization (WCO) Sub-Regional Train-the-Trainers Workshop on Programme Global Shield (PGS) that started on March…
New BOC IT chief identifies priorities to modernize systems
Noel Patrick Prudente, the new deputy commissioner of the Management Information Systems and Technology Group (MISTG) of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC), said…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has tapped Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) to handle the procurement of its services, equipment, and infrastructure requirements so…
PH Customs eyes incentive reward if it tops 2018 target
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is planning to apply for an incentive reward and an exemption from the Salary Standardization Law (SSL), upbeat…
Customs to decide soon on MCT customs clearance area issue
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is studying the request of Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) stakeholders to return the physical inspection of containers to the…
Starting March 1, the Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has stopped accepting applications for importer’s and customs broker’s clearance certificates following a Department…
