PH regulation for advance ruling, rules of origin now in effect
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued the customs memorandum order (CMO) providing guidelines in the implementation of an advance ruling system for…
BOC order on duty-, tax-free balikbayan boxes now in effect
Overseas Filipino workers and Filipinos residing abroad may now send their balikbayan (household goods and personal effects) boxes to the Philippines duty- and tax-free.…
Draft rule lays down measures for handling disputes with BOC
Philippine stakeholders have until January 5, 2017 to submit their position papers on the draft customs administrative order (CAO) that implements the provisions for…
Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon said he is planning to build “world-class port facilities” in the medium term at the Manila port as he…
BOC nabs shipments misdeclared as glutinous rice at Manila port
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized a total of 20 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) with misdeclared information that arrived for transshipment at the…
Cheaper fees for sending “balikbayan” boxes expected
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) expects less fees to be collected by freight forwarders for handling balikbayan box (containing household goods and personal effects)…
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) establishing an Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Program in the Philippines has been released by the Department of Finance…
Draft PH customs order revises rules for abandoned goods
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) governing the processing of abandoned goods at Philippine gateways has been released by the Department of Finance (DOF)…
Auction winner agrees to sell overstaying balikbayan boxes to owners
Some 400 balikbayan (personal effects from overseas Filipino workers) boxes overstaying at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) since March 2016 will be released to…
PH customs rules operationalizing higher de minimis value take effect
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) guidelines governing duty- and tax-exempt importation of shipments falling within the increased de minimis value of P10,000 and…
Draft BOC orders on postal items, baggage processing seek feedback
A draft customs administrative order (CAO) implementing provisions on the handling of the clearance of postal items and another on the processing of traveler…
BOC issues draft rule on duty drawback, refund implementation
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) to implement Philippine provisions on duty drawback, refund and abatement, and return of sash deposits held in trust…
PH Customs order on advance ruling takes effect Nov 15
The customs administrative order (CAO) implementing a new advance ruling system for valuation and rules of origin (RO) in the Philippines will take effect…
BOC introduces draft rule on tax, duty-exempt import perks for OFWs
The draft customs administrative order (CAO) on the tax- and duty-exempt privileges for importations of personal and household effects by returning residents and overseas…
