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Posts tagged with "Customs Modernization and Tariff Act"
Jan. 20 | Joint operatives from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have apprehended the owner of a condemnation facility caught reselling used clothing (ukay-ukay) to the local market.
BOC Customs Intelligence and Investigation...
Jan. 15 | Philippine Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero has ordered all Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials to strictly implement the provision on implied abandonment under the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA).
Guerrero, in an unnumbered memorandum...
Jan. 9 | Utilization of container yards in Metro Manila has gone down but still remains at a high level of 90% to 95%, Container Depot Alliance of the Philippines (CDAP) president Roger Lalu told PortCalls in a phone interview on January 7.
The current rate is...
Jan. 6 | The Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (Philexport) is calling on government and private sector stakeholders to work together to find solutions to the issue on empty containers, which is hurting the cash flow of exporters and causing delivery problems.
During...
Jan. 2 | The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will adopt an entirely new system for the issuance and processing of the pre-lodgement control order applicable to import, export and transshipped goods with derogatory information prior to lodgement of goods declaration.
A...
Dec. 13 | Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero has transferred the operational control of all Bureau of Customs (BOC) principal appraisers to the Imports Assessment Service (IAS).
Administrative supervision of principal appraisers, meanwhile, remains with...
Dec. 10 | The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued new directives on the lodgement of goods declaration and on valuation to improve revenue collection efficiency and ease port congestion.
According to Customs Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 25-2018, dated and signed by...
Dec. 3 | Subic port photo courtesy of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it will push shipping lines to return empty containers to North Port, Manila’s domestic terminal, where they can then be transported by barge...
Nov. 28 | Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero has directed customs officials and employees to intensify anti-smuggling measures in ports.
In a memorandum dated November 22, Guerrero reminded Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials to ensure they comply with the...
Nov. 14 | (Clockwise, from right) Philippine Ports Authority general manager Atty Jay Daniel Santiago, Customs commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero and Department of Transportation OIC-undersecretary for Maritime Fernando Juan Perez meet on Nov 14 to coordinate government...