The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has formally reactivated its Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG) to scrutinize and validate the customs records of importers…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) highlighted its several achievements in 2017, which included record monthly revenue collections and measures to stop corruption. In…
BOC ends 2017 with P457.5B revenue; Lapeña upbeat about 2018
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected P457.533 billion in revenues for 2017, 2.2% lower than the P467.896 billion target but 15% higher than…
Customs collectors’ group releases manifesto of support for BOC chief
The Collectors Association of the Philippines (CAP), a group of customs collectors of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), has expressed its support for customs…
BOC-MICP adopts new system for handling import entries
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now implementing at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) the Goods Declaration Verification System (GDVS), a new…
PH customs chief revives tax credit body to speed up release of TCCs
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has reconstituted its Tax Credit Committee (TCC) and Tax Credit Secretariat (TCS) to facilitate the release of tax…
Quick handling of PH alert orders given renewed emphasis
Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has reiterated that priority must be placed on the examination and disposition of shipments covered by alert orders. The…
List of customs officers able to issue alert orders amended
Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has issued a new list of Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials authorized to issue alert orders. Lapeña, in Customs Memorandum…
Reforms geared towards eradicating corruption and increasing revenues marked the first 100 days in office of Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña, a Bureau of…
Changes in Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) personnel have begun as Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña earlier declared. At a December 5 press conference,…
Trader, customs broker charged over P7.8M smuggled luxury vehicles
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC), through its Bureau Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS), has filed smuggling charges against the trader and customs broker…
Customs chief bars gatekeepers, customs police from terminal gates
Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña on Monday ordered the immediate removal of some customs personnel assigned at the terminal gates to simplify customs processes. The policy…
BOC in pre-shipment inspection talks with Malaysia, Indonesia
The Philippines’ Bureau of Customs (BOC) is proposing bilateral arrangements with counterparts in Malaysia and Indonesia on goods in transit, including pre-shipment inspection (PSI).…
President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the appointment papers of four deputy commissioners of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). In separate appointment papers dated from…
