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Full automation tops BOC’s 10-point priority list for 2020
Jan. 14 | Image from Pixabay. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has identified 10 priority initiatives for 2020, including full automation of frontline services and enhancement of trade facilitation. Customs commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero, in a media briefing on...
BOC: Foreign donations subject to customs duties
Dec. 20 | Image from Pixabay. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) clarified that international donations are still subject to payment of customs duties and taxes and required to undergo the normal procedures for processing of imports. BOC, in a statement, advised the public...
Retired generals appointed BOC DepComms
Nov. 14 | The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has two new acting deputy commissioners for Internal Administration Group (IAG) and Intelligence Group (IG). Retired lieutenant general Donato San Juan II is the acting deputy commissioner of IAG, replacing Gladys...
Lapeña addresses resignation rumors
Oct. 16 | Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña said he is not going anywhere. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña clarified that he will neither be replaced soon as head of the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) nor run for an elective post. “I would like to inform...
DTI, BOC insist: no port congestion, just limited yard space for empties
Oct. 14 | Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña (left) with Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez talking about “perceptions” of port congestion. Photo courtesy of Bureau of Customs. There is no congestion at Manila ports, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez announced...
BOC decentralizes MISTG non-IT functions
Sep. 12 | The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has decentralized and transferred non-information technology functions from its Management Information System and Technology Group (MISTG) to other relevant groups and offices so the IT group can focus on its main role. Customs...
BOC releases revised order on duty-, tax-free import of consolidated balikbayan boxes
Aug. 28 | Image courtesy of yodiyim at FreeDigitalPhotos.net The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has finally issued the amended order implementing duty- and tax-free importation into the Philippines of consolidated balikbayan (personal effects) boxes. Customs Administrative...
PhilExport seeks BOC order to enforce new EU registration requirement for exporters
Aug. 28 | The Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (PhilExport) is seeking government assistance to ensure Filipino exporters can comply with a new European Union registration requirement crucial for the continued availment of benefits under the EU’s Generalised...
Importer, broker, BOC employees in attempted smuggling of P13.5M worth of sugar charged
Aug. 27 | The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has filed criminal charges against an importer, a customs broker, and 12 customs employees who were allegedly cohorts in the attempted smuggling of 5,000 sacks of sugar into the Philippines. BOC on August 22 filed before the...
