Order sets limits of customs police power under CMTA

Apr. 17 | Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released an order defining limits in the exercise of customs jurisdiction and police power over suspected smuggled and prohibited import and export shipments. Customs Administrative...

Abandonment rules no excuse for SGL firms to delay paying duties: BOC

Mar. 25 | The Bureau of Customs (BOC) reminded Super Green Lane (SGL) member companies to pay their duties and taxes immediately after receiving the final assessment notice, as mandated under existing Customs rules. The reminder came as BOC, in a memo dated March...

Primer to explain PH post-clearance audit process eyed

Mar. 19 | Image by OpenIcons from Pixabay The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Post-Clearance Audit Group (PCAG) is looking at publishing a guide on the new post-clearance audit process as it aims to have its procedure ISO certified, BOC assistant commissioner Atty. Vincent...

Guerrero: faster accreditation, follow-up system at BOC coming soon

Mar. 11 | The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will implement several measures, including streamlining accreditation requirements and introducing a new system for document track and trace, to facilitate trade and promote ease of doing business, said Customs commissioner...

Dedicated clearing desk formed to improve processing of alert orders

Mar. 6 | The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has created a clearing office to monitor and fast-track the processing of alert orders. The Alert Order Clearing House Desk (AOCHD), which is under the IG deputy commissioner, was created under Customs Special Order No. 11-2019...

BOC indefinitely suspends implementation of truckers’ registration

Feb. 24 | Following concerns raised by stakeholders, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) is holding off implementation of a new order requiring truckers’ registration. Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero confirmed in text messages to PortCalls that BOC will defer...

Draft PH order regulating foreign liners’ fees awaits feedback

Feb. 18 | At the recent stakeholders’ meeting on the draft joint administrative order that will regulate charges of international shipping lines operating in the Philippines. Several Philippine government agencies have presented to stakeholder organizations...

BOC reintroduces marking of imports to indicate origin

Feb. 10 | The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is reintroducing the requirement to mark imported goods and their containers to indicate the country of origin and to comply with provisions of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA). Customs Administrative Order (CAO)...

BOC-MICP seizes misdeclared Bentley, truck worth P12.1M

Feb. 4 | Manila International Container Port district collector Atty Erastus Sandino Austria (left) and Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero (right) inspect the misdeclared Bentley GT. Along with a Hino truck, the Bentley was misdclared as used forklift,...

PH agencies to regulate fees of foreign shipping lines, depots, truckers

Feb. 1 | Image courtesy of khunaspix at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Fees charged by international shipping lines, container depot operators, and truckers operating in the Philippines will soon be regulated by government agencies, the move designed to lower high shipping...