BROKERS, importers and other stakeholders dealing with the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) should be prepared for changes in the agency. In his recent…
PH Customs’ Oct collections up 5.35% but still off target
PHILIPPINE customs collections for the month of October increased 5.35% to P28.37 billion, but were still below the agency’s target for the 10th month…
PH Customs eyes conduit office for traders, war room for alert orders
THE Philippine Bureau of Customs is planning to create an office that will “perpetuate the open-engagement relationship” between customs officials and stakeholders. The agency…
ASEAN Single Window among issues discussed at ASEAN Customs meet
THE importance of the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) was underscored by Philippine Customs Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon at the recent opening of the 15th…
PH Customs Sept. take up 11% but still short of goal
PHILIPPINE port collections for the month of September grew 11.3% to P25.841 billion, from P23.208 billion a year ago, boosting the Bureau of Customs’…
THE Philippines and Iran have agreed to cooperate in extending mutual administrative assistance on customs issues involving the two countries. The Bureau of Customs…
PH Customs pins reform hopes on 5 deputy commissioners
THE entry of five new deputy commissioners at the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) will hopefully change the performance of the agency, Customs Commissioner…
PH Customs accreditation unit faces abolition; one-time accreditation eyed
THE Interim Customs Accreditation Registration Unit (ICARE) of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is headed for abolition within the year, and its main…
A NEW deputy commissioner will be appointed to head the Bureau of Customs’ Management Information Systems and Technology Group (MISTG). Deputy Commissioner Ma. Caridad…
PH Customs readies port accreditation to fight smuggling
A PORT accreditation system that would limit imports of sensitive commodities to certain ports could be in place soon after the Philippine Department of…
PHILIPPINE Customs Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon says he agrees with the Department of Finance’s (DOF) proposal to transfer the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) importer…
Top-level changes at the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) may be known in two weeks. In a press conference last Friday, Customs Commissioner Rozzano…
PH Customs pressed to fix e2m system glitch; stakeholders offer solutions
THE Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is scrambling to fix a transaction backlog in the electronic-to-mobile system (e2m) that led to a server overload.…
Order suspends memo requiring PH Customs Commissioner clearance for imports
Philippine Customs Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon said he recently signed an order suspending all memoranda requiring clearances from the Office of the Commissioner (OCOM)…
The Philippines has signed customs cooperation agreements with the Russian Federation and the Netherlands in a move the Bureau of Customs said would boost…
