DOF working on harmonizing commodity codes

Starting this month,the Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) will work with various trade regulatory government agencies (TRGAs) in a series of tariff harmonization and…

20 state agencies for linkup to TradeNet by midyear

A total of 20 Philippine government agencies will be connected to TradeNet—the government’s online platform for the application of permits for imports and exports—by…

TradeNet in prep stage for launch by July

The software for the Philippine government’s online trade facilitation portal, TradeNet, has been delivered and is now undergoing procedures in preparation for going live…

DOF to introduce faster import permit system

The Philippine government is finalizing a new, faster system for securing import applications that currently involves more than 60 government agencies, part of fresh…

Customs addresses issues around e2m downtime

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) clarified that the recent two-day downtime of its electronic-to-mobile (E2M) system was caused by a technical malfunction and…

PH plans yearend NSW linkup with ASEAN Single Window

After five years, the Philippines is expected to finally connect to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Single Window by December this year,…

DOF working with other agencies to streamline I/E processes, automate business registry

The newly formed anti-red tape team of the Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) has partnered with trade regulatory agencies to simplify the processes in…

Aquino signs law creating ICT department

President Benigno Aquino III signed on May 23 a law creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), effectively detaching ICT concerns from…