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National Food Authority

18 posts

Duterte suspends rice importation but won’t scrap tariffication

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the temporary suspension of rice importation during the local harvest season as a way to protect Filipino farmers…
  • November 20, 2019
  • 4 minute read

BOC issues interim supplemental rules on rice importation

All rice shipments that arrived at Philippine ports starting March 5, 2019, regardless of the date of their departure from the port of origin,…
  • March 29, 2019
  • 2 minute read

Delay in release of rice imports? Don’t look at us, BOC says

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is not the cause of delay in release of rice shipments from Philippine ports, according to Customs Commissioner Isidro…
  • September 16, 2018
  • 2 minute read

P300M worth of imported rice confiscated in Bulacan warehouse raids

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Philippine National Police (PNP) seized about 125,000 sacks of imported rice with an estimated market value of P300…
  • September 16, 2018
  • 1 minute read

BOC to intensify drive vs rice and sugar smuggling, expedite auction amid undersupply

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has ordered the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to keep a closer watch on the entry of “hot” rice and…
  • August 15, 2018
  • 2 minute read

Calamba warehouse yields P25M in suspected smuggled rice

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized P25 million worth of alleged smuggled rice in a warehouse in Calamba, Laguna. “We received a tip…
  • July 30, 2018
  • 2 minute read

DOF: Removing QR will cut rice prices by P7 per kilo

The lifting of the quantitative restriction (QR) on Philippine rice imports in favor of tariffs will bring several benefits to the economy, including slashing…
  • December 22, 2017
  • 3 minute read

First-time PH corn exports seen with production at record highs

The Philippines for the time is ready to export corn to neighboring countries in the region as corn harvests this year are seen to…
  • January 23, 2017
  • 3 minute read

BOC imposes strict ‘no import permit, no release’ policy for rice shipments

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now strictly prohibiting the entry of rice into the Philippines without the importer showing an import permit…
  • January 23, 2017
  • 2 minute read

New task force eyes zero rice smuggling in PH

An inter-agency task force that includes the National Food Authority (NFA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) has been created to prevent rice smuggling in…
  • January 19, 2017
  • 3 minute read

Manila Harbour Centre high berth use seen to rise even more

Harbour Centre Port Terminal, Inc. (HCPTI) said it has been applying measures to ease high berth utilization at its port Manila Harbour Centre even…
  • November 3, 2015
  • 3 minute read

Harbour Centre accused of hoarding NFA rice

A consumer group is asking the National Food Authority (NFA) to look into allegations that port operator Harbour Centre Port Terminal Inc (HCPTI) is…
  • September 29, 2015
  • 2 minute read

BOC to auction off 200,000 overstaying sacks of rice

Overstaying cargoes including over 200,000 sacks or over 10 million kilograms of rice shipments are to be auctioned on August 25 by the Bureau…
  • August 16, 2015
  • 2 minute read

BOC, NFA foil attempt to smuggle 12,000 bags of rice

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and National Food Authority (NFA) seized a total of 12,000 bags of suspected smuggled rice worth an estimated P9…
  • August 4, 2015
  • 1 minute read

2 PH importers slapped with smuggling charges over P130M illegal rice shipments

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed smuggling cases against two firms for allegedly misdeclaring over 4.2 million kilograms of rice worth over P130…
  • June 29, 2015
  • 2 minute read

BOC cracks down on rice imports with no permits

Customs Commissioner Alberto Lina has handed down strict orders to customs officials to process only rice importations covered by an import permit/notice of arrival…
  • May 17, 2015
  • 1 minute read

Two PH traders charged with smuggling in 1.3M kilos of glutinous rice

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed smuggling charges against two Cagayan de Oro-based rice traders who illegally imported over 1.3 million kilograms of…
  • January 19, 2015
  • 1 minute read

PH Customs not keen on private rice imports

If the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) had its way, all rice imports would be coursed through government agency National Food Authority (NFA). This,…
  • January 6, 2013
  • 1 minute read