Electronic waste shipped from Korea intercepted at MICP
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has foiled a misdeclared shipment containing assorted electronic wastes at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). A 40-footer consigned…
3 criminal raps lodged against alleged smugglers, customs personnel
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed three smuggling cases against importers, customs brokers, and customs personnel for misdeclaration and illegal importation of gun…
Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña inspected on Oct 12 seven containers of carrots and used clothes, shoes and toys worth P3.77 million abandoned at the…
Customs seizes P15-M worth smuggled sugar, exposes new modus
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized P15 million worth of smuggled sugar, following inspection of 28 alerted shipments at the Manila International Container Port (MICP)…
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…
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…
Firms implicated in P20M worth of ukay-ukay, cigarette, agri imports face smuggling raps
The Bureau of Customs, through its Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS), has filed five smuggling cases against the importers and customs brokers of…
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…
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…
(Updated on June 25, 2pm to reflect Bureau of Customs correction on 13th paragraph, relating to timing of revocation of Megaabundancesteel accreditation.) The Bureau…
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…
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has destroyed 116 motorcycles and six vehicles that were illegally brought into the Philippines, together worth a total of…
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…
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has once again reshuffled personnel at several big ports. The new personnel movements took effect under several Customs…
