Duterte pushes for more rural ecozones, freezes new applications in MM

President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the development of economic zones (ecozones) in the Philippine countryside to promote rural development and create robust economic activity…

Cavite Gateway Terminal officially opens Nov 5

The Cavite Gateway Terminal (CGT), the Philippines’ first container roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) barge terminal, will formally open in November, according to the Department of Transportation…

ROLL-IT identifies 8 road access projects in Calabarzon

The regional offices of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas,…

Manually processed PH airport transit declarations now require e2m lodgement

Manually processed transit declarations at all airports of entry in the Philippines must now be lodged in the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) electronic-to-mobile (E2m)…

ICTSI’s Laguna dry port gets accreditation as off-dock customs facility

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has certified the Laguna Gateway Inland Container Terminal, Inc. (LGICT), the dry port container-handling facility of International Container…

Draft customs order sets new rules for movement of goods in free zones

The Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have issued the draft order that will implement new rules for the admission,…

BOC sets rules on e-processing of goods transfer from ecozone logistics facility to locator

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued rules governing the electronic processing for the transfer of goods from one Ecozone Logistics Service Enterprise…