Wanted: At least 150 employees for Bureau of Customs

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is filling up an initial 150 vacant positions in line with its restructuring program. Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon…

BOC eyes creation of maritime trading district in Manila

The Bureau of Customs is making a big push for the creation of the Port of Manila Maritime Trading District (PMTD), which the agency…

PH Customs closely investigates smuggling in top 3 imports

Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon has directed his agency’s intelligence and investigation service to look into reports of rampant smuggling of the country’s top…

Reorganization, modernization of facilities among BOC 2017 plans

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has lined up several projects for 2017 designed to beef up workforce, improve systems, and modernize facilities and…

BOC overshoots Jan collection target

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) surpassed its January collection target of P35.509 billion by 0.66%, taking in P35.745 billion, according to a preliminary…

P20M worth of fake iPhone units intercepted at Manila port

A shipment with P20 million worth of counterfeit iPhones and dry goods was recently uncovered at the Manila International Container Port by agents of…

BOC imposes strict ‘no import permit, no release’ policy for rice shipments

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now strictly prohibiting the entry of rice into the Philippines without the importer showing an import permit…

New task force eyes zero rice smuggling in PH

An inter-agency task force that includes the National Food Authority (NFA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) has been created to prevent rice smuggling in…

BOC x-ray units ordered to submit all shipments for final evaluation

Philippine Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon reiterated to all Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials and employees that all shipments that undergo x-ray examination must still…

P4.6M in PH customs charges retrieved from 117 undervalued boxes

A total of P4.62 million in duties and taxes were recovered in the past four months from 117 containers that had grossly undervalued imported…

P20M in smuggled Chinese rice imports blocked at Manila port

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) intercepted 12 forty-foot equivalent units (FEUs) of imported rice from China that were illegally shipped to the Port of…

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…

BOC signs up pro basketball, volleyball players

Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon recently signed Customs Special Order No. 58-2016 authorizing deputy chief of staff Mandy Therese Anderson to sign the daily time…

BOC back to 8-to-5 work hours

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) this month returned to its previous nine-hour work period except those in the frontline services, which will adopt…

Internal reforms among PH Customs chief’s achievements in first 100 days

Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon said he introduced a slew of reforms in his first 100 days in office as head of a government agency…