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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 Manila intercepts P54M in misdeclared sugar
Dec. 17 | The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized P54 million worth of refined sugar misdeclared as steel, tex screws, clamp nails, and hardware fittings and contained in 48 containers at the Port of Manila. The shipments, consigned to RZTEC and TRACLEF Trading,...
BOC confident of surpassing 2018 revenue collection
Dec. 2 | Customs commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero expressed confidence the Bureau of Customs (BOC) will exceed this year its 2018 revenue collection of P593.11-billion. In a chance interview with PortCalls last week, Guerrero, however, said BOC is still trying...
BOC breaks ground on P23M temporary Manila office
Nov. 5 | At the recent groundbreaking for the Bureau of Customs Manila office with Customs commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero (seated, center) in attendance. Photo from the BOC. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) broke ground last month on the Manila collection district’s...
Misdeclared steel bars seized at Port of Manila
Oct. 30 | The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has seized two containers of misdeclared stainless steel angle bars from China at the Port of Manila (POM). BOC Intelligence Group deputy commissioner Raniel T. Ramiro, in a statement, said the shipment, which was declared...
BOC Manila intercepts P3.5M in misdeclared pork, other meat products
Oct. 29 | Two containers of misdeclared pork and other meat products estimated to be worth P3.5 million have been seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Port of Manila. The pork and other meat products were confiscated on October 28 after a 100% physical...
BOC welcomes PACC probe of corruption at Manila ports
Oct. 26 | Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The Bureau of Customs (BOC) said it supports the ongoing investigation into corruption at the agency by the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC), which has served subpoenas to Port of Manila and Manila International...
BOC confiscates P53M in smuggled agri products
Sep. 11 | A total of 16 containers, which arrived on August 8 from China, were declared to contain fish balls with total declared duties of P2.543 million. But upon inspection, the shipments were found to contain carrots, onions, broccoli, and potatoes. Photo from...
MICT yard use hits historic low
Jun. 26 | Yard utilization at Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) in June is close to an almost historic low of under 58% due to continuous efforts to fast track movement of overstaying import containers out of the terminal, operator International Container...
