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Subic box throughput jumps 106% to surpass 2014 target

Container volume handled at Subic port surged 104.6% to 76,652 twenty-foot equivalent…
  • January 8, 2015
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BOC introduces new formula to simplify automobile tax collection

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released a new order that simplifies…
  • January 8, 2015
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BIR requires importers, brokers to use eFPS to pay their taxes

Starting January 1, importers and customs brokers accredited by the Bureau of…
  • January 8, 2015
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Nearly 50% of transport firms provide logistics support services — PH census

A total of 2,327 establishments were engaged in transport and storage in…
  • January 8, 2015
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DTI agency cracks down on shady freight forwarders, consolidators

The Department of Trade and Industry-Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (DTI-FTEB) has filed…
  • January 8, 2015
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Malaysia’s economy seen to cool to 4.7% in 2015

The Malaysian economy’s expansion is predicted to slip to 4.7 percent in…
  • January 7, 2015
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PH cargo, box traffic up in first three quarters of 2014

Cargo volume handled by Philippine ports grew 6.92% from January to September…
  • January 5, 2015
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PH Customs chief sets 2015 goals, cites disappointments

Customs Commissioner John Phillip Sevilla identified five priorities for the country’s second…
  • January 5, 2015
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Vietnam registers strong merchandise trade in January-November 2014

From January to November of 2014, Vietnam’s trade-in-goods totaled US$271 billion in…
  • January 5, 2015
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Singapore’s GDP slows to 1.5% in Q4 as productivity stagnates

The economy of Singapore grew by 1.5% year-on-year in the fourth quarter…
  • January 5, 2015
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