BOC recalls exemption of PEZA, freeport zone shipments from x-ray inspection

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has lifted the exemption from x-ray inspection of certain cargoes, including those bound for Philippine Economic Zone Authority…

Customs Modernization and Tariff Act Series 8: Titles VIII, IX and X (Duty Exemption and Drawback; Post Clearance Audit)

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No truth to reports Faeldon will be booted out of BOC

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) said there is no truth to rumors that Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon will be replaced as head of…

PH’s National Single Window 2 project bidding fails

The Philippine government has declared a failure in bidding for the P442-million National Single Window System Phase 2 project. The bids and awards committee…

e2m AEDS Issues Gradually Being Resolved

The Bureau of Customs MIS & Technology Group (MISTG) headed by Deputy Commissioner Maria Caridad P. Manarang has been taking concrete steps since the…

Most PH Customs collection districts see red

All five key collection districts of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) failed to meet their revenue targets in February, with four of the…

PH Customs’ Oct collection disappoints

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) will likely miss its October collection target of P30.48 billion by about P8.5 billion, preliminary data from BOC…

PH National Single Window Phase 2 seen by yearend

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) expects to start the second phase of the National Single Window (NSW) by yearend. “As of now, there…

PH Customs 2011 collection target slashed by 13%

THE Philippine government cut by 13% and 13.7% respectively the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) cash revenue collection target this year and next due to…

Administrative order on PH Brokers’ Act out in 3 months

THE Customs Administrative Order (CAO) for Philippine Republic Act 9853 (amended version of RA 9280 or the Customs Brokers’ Act) will undergo review but…

PH Customs commissioner promises ‘institutional change’

NEW Philippine Customs commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon has a gargantuan task ahead of him. He has, among others, vowed to change the culture at…

New Philippine Customs commissioner appointed

Former Muntinlupa Representative Rufino Rozzano Biazon was appointed by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Customs and…

Sept 1 — A Milestone for e2m Customs and PEZA AEDS?

September 1 was supposed to be a milestone for the ongoing automation initiatives of both the Bureau of Customs and the Philippine Economic Zone…