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Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña

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BOC probing big disparity between China and PH trade figures

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now checking the massive gap it has uncovered between China’s recorded export volumes to the Philippines and…
  • November 13, 2017
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Formal entry queueing system extended to MICP

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has extended to the Manila International Container Port (MICP) the implementation of a queueing system for its Formal Entry…
  • November 8, 2017
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Manual untagging of red lane shipments with legit goods ordered

Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has allowed the manual untagging of shipments at the Port of Manila and Manila International Container Port (MICP) that…
  • November 6, 2017
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BOC-POM pilots status verification system for entry documents

Stakeholders of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) transacting with Port of Manila (POM) can now monitor the status of entry documents submitted to the…
  • November 1, 2017
  • 3 minute read

BOC chief vows transparency in award of tax credit certificates

There will no longer be delays in the awarding of tax credit certificates (TCC), Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña said in a press conference on…
  • October 25, 2017
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BOC twice posts P3B daily collection record in Sept

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has collected more than P3 billion in daily revenue for two consecutive days last September, a first in the…
  • October 15, 2017
  • 2 minute read

Manila raid yields P2B worth of imitation products

Various fake goods with an estimated value of P2 billion were confiscated by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in a recent raid on a…
  • October 15, 2017
  • 2 minute read

Containers with P3M worth misdeclared items seized

Several containers with misdeclared contents worth more than P3 million were recently seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Manila International Container…
  • October 15, 2017
  • 2 minute read

Guidelines implementing tax-free importation of balikbayan boxes on hold

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has temporarily suspended its guidelines implementing duty- and tax-free importation of consolidated balikbayan boxes due to complaints by overseas…
  • October 5, 2017
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X-ray of CBW-destined goods now mandatory in PH

All containerized shipments consigned to and bound for customs bonded warehouses (CBWs) in the Philippines are now undergoing x-ray inspection to prevent smuggling. Customs…
  • October 4, 2017
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BOC chief: green lane suspension to be lifted on first sign of congestion

Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña said he will lift the suspension on operation of the green lane facility if signs of port congestion emerge…
  • October 2, 2017
  • 2 minute read

Rigodon at the BOC; MICP, POM collectors transferred

Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has ordered the reshuffle and re-assignment of several district collectors of big Bureau of Customs (BOC) ports. In Customs…
  • September 20, 2017
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BOC Aug collection up 16% y-o-y but still missed target

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected P38.32 billion in August 2017, up 16% from the P33.1 billion recorded in the same month last…
  • September 12, 2017
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Use of green lane temporarily on hold

Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has temporarily suspended the green lane while the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) selectivity system is undergoing review. All shipments…
  • September 7, 2017
  • 2 minute read

BOC chief eyes incentives to meet target, beat corruption

Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña is looking at giving incentives to hit the P468-billion revenue collection target of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for…
  • September 7, 2017
  • 3 minute read