3 BOC employees charged with accepting bribes

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed administrative charges against three customs employees of its Manila International Container Port (MICP) office after they were…

Smuggled motor vehicles seized at Manila port valued at P3M

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized an estimated P3 million worth of smuggled car and motorcycles at the Manila International Container Port…

Special PH customs inspection team formed to fast track probe into undervalued shipments

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has created a Special Inspection Team (SIT) to expedite examination of shipments alerted for undervaluation. The team was…

P17M worth of fake goods seized at Manila port

A shipment of smuggled counterfeit products with an estimated value of P17 million has been seized by agents of the Philippine Bureau of Customs…

BOC overshoots Jan collection target

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) surpassed its January collection target of P35.509 billion by 0.66%, taking in P35.745 billion, according to a preliminary…

BOC roster of importers, brokers under probe keeps growing

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has added more names to the list of importers and customs brokers that are under investigation, have show…

P20M worth of fake iPhone units intercepted at Manila port

A shipment with P20 million worth of counterfeit iPhones and dry goods was recently uncovered at the Manila International Container Port by agents of…

BOC expects P16M collection from MICP auction

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is expected to generate an additional P16.161 million in revenue as one of its major ports prepares to…

BOC names 11 importers for suspension from next month

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has listed 11 importers whose accreditations are scheduled for suspension starting February. In an announcement on its website,…

BOC extends work hours at key gateways

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has extended its working hours at major ports to accommodate the increase in volume traffic. In a public…

BOC likely to hit 2016 revenue goal

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) will likely meet its target revenue for 2016, with data as of the first half of December showing…

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)…

BOC-MICP bares leading revenue contributors

On its 38th founding anniversary, the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Manila International Container Port (MICP) presented the list of the top importers, brokers, and deconsolidators…

BOC to auction off used cars, various merchandise

Forty-six containers holding various items like used vehicles and electronic bikes (e-bikes) as well as computers and parts will be sold by the Bureau…

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…

Bond rates for bidders at BOC public auctions revised

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has amended the rates of auction bonds for public bidding pursuant to the new Customs Modernization and Tariff…

BOC eyes P24M from auction of assorted goods

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) expects to net P23.759 million from another public auction on October 4 at the Manila International Container Port…

BOC Aug collection misses target by 5%

The Philippine Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) revenue collections in August grew 21.4% to P32.7 billion compared with the same month last year’s P26.895 billion,…

BOC 21.6% short of Jan-July collection target

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) missed both its January-July and July 2016 revenue collection targets. According to preliminary data by the agency’s Statistical Analysis…