Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña still has President Rodrigo Duterte’s trust even after a shipment of illegal drugs potentially worth P6.8 billion worth may have…
PH Customs’ GPS system for containers in-transit now on its dry run
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is pilot-testing a GPS-based container tracking system to make sure containers in transit are transferred only to the…
BOC orders opening of abandoned containers following shabu shipment slip
Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has ordered the opening of all abandoned containers at Manila ports after P6.8 billion worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) shipments apparently slipped…
BOC-MICP institutes various trade facilitation measures
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Manila International Container Port (MICP) recently implemented several policies that have streamlined processes at the MICP, district collector Atty. Vener…
BOC takes lead in forming multiagency unit on port issues
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is spearheading the creation of an interagency body composed of government agencies and port stakeholders and users that will…
P66M worth of misdeclared goods, ukay-ukay shipments seized at Manila port
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized seven containers holding various beauty products, misdeclared goods, and used clothing (ukay-ukay), together having an estimated worth…
BOC, ICTSI in joint forum on trade facilitation at MICP
Bureau of Customs-Manila International Container Port (BOC-MICP) and International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) officials will come together for a half-day event to provide…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed before the Department of Justice five criminal charges against the consignees and licensed customs brokers involved…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected revenues of P50.139 billion in June 2018, 4.9% higher than the P47.797-billion target for the month, and…
(Updated on June 25, 2pm to reflect Bureau of Customs correction on 13th paragraph, relating to timing of revocation of Megaabundancesteel accreditation.) The Bureau…
E-transfer of cargoes to off-dock CFS starts pilot run
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on June 18 began pilot-testing the electronic transfer of consolidated containerized cargoes from the Port of Manila (POM) and…
BOC destroys P22M in cigars, other seized contraband
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently destroyed P22 million worth of smuggled goods that were seized at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). Among…
P250M Thai rice with no import permit nabbed at Manila port
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently seized 200 containers of Thai white rice estimated to be worth P250 million at the Manila International Container…
P36M in misdeclared commodities from China seized at MICP
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently intercepted seven containers with agricultural products, cigarettes, ukay-ukay (used clothing), and foodstuff, seizing the shipments with an estimated…
BOC seizes misdeclared shipments worth P33M at Manila ports
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) busted nine 40-foot equivalent units (FEUs) containing rice, various items, and used clothing (ukay-ukay) worth about P33 million for…
BOC asked to issue alert orders on all agri shipments
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has requested the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to issue alert orders on all shipments declared to contain agricultural products,…
BOC confiscates P2M ukay-ukay merchandise at Manila port
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized a 40-footer containing ukay-ukay, a prohibited import, at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) worth P2.1 million and declared…
