Manual untagging of red lane shipments with legit goods ordered

Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has allowed the manual untagging of shipments at the Port of Manila and Manila International Container Port (MICP) that…

BOC issues order on application of “square root rule” to red-tagged shipments

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has provided new guidelines on the implementation of the square root rule for shipments with multiple containers that…

BOC eyes permanent removal of green lane from selectivity system

Philippine Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña is looking at the permanent removal of the green lane from the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) selectivity system, noting…

BOC chief makes official exemption of certain cargoes from red lane

The Philippine Bureau of Customs has formalized the four types of shipments exempt from the red lane and would thus be tagged under yellow…

BOC shifts gears: more shipments to pass yellow lane than red at POM, MICT

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has once again adjusted the thresholds in its selectivity system–this time temporarily decreasing the number of daily container shipments tagged…

Rules for SGL shipments tagged for red lane restated

Philippine Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña reiterated the procedure to be followed when shipments of Super Green Lane (SGL)-accredited companies are tagged for the red…