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BOC Manila intercepts P54M in misdeclared sugar

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized P54 million worth of refined sugar misdeclared as steel, tex screws, clamp nails, and hardware fittings and…
  • December 17, 2019
  • 2 minute read

Romance and Reality

There’s a degree of romance whenever one talks about Negros. You think of how the island became the nerve center of the Philippine sugar…
  • May 25, 2019
  • 4 minute read

BIR collecting data on sugar importers that don’t pay correct taxes

Amid increased demand for refined sugar, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has formed a task force to inventory sugar stocks and monitor shipments…
  • September 9, 2018
  • 2 minute read

Importer, broker, BOC employees in attempted smuggling of P13.5M worth of sugar charged

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed criminal charges against an importer, a customs broker, and 12 customs employees who were allegedly cohorts in…
  • August 27, 2018
  • 3 minute read

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)…
  • August 16, 2018
  • 2 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

BOC lodges case vs 2 firms involved in P33M sugar smuggling

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed charges against two importers for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country P33 million worth of sugar…
  • December 7, 2015
  • 2 minute read

BOC charges sugar importer for P13.7M misdeclared shipment

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed smuggling charges against Blue Chelsea Enterprises for misdeclaring P13.7 million worth of refined sugar from China. The…
  • October 26, 2015
  • 1 minute read