The Trade Compliance Profession

Except for a brief stint in government, I have been in the trade compliance profession for more than 15 years. In all those years,…

Maronilla is new head of customs audit unit

Second update on April 5 at 9:11pm to include statements of Senator Francis Pangilinan and Commissioner Isidro Lapeña on Maronilla’s appointment. An earlier update…

Post Clearance Audit Group chief Nepomuceno hands in resignation

Assistant commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno, who heads the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG), has tendered his resignation, confirmed Customs commissioner Isidro…

Oil, auto, steel, agri sectors on top of BOC audit list

The Philippine Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) reactivated unit, Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG), has begun to identify importers and industries to investigate as it…

4 BoC deputy commissioners get appointment papers

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the appointment papers of four deputy commissioners of the Bureau of Customs (BOC). In separate appointment papers dated from…

Duterte orders return of post-clearance audit to BOC

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has revived the post-clearance audit function and returned it to the Bureau of Customs (BOC) from the Department of Finance…