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Across Borders

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Across Borders is a column on world trade and customs issues written by Atty. Agaton Teodoro Uvero, an international trade, customs (indirect tax) and supply chain expert. Uvero provides advisory and training services to top corporations and industry associations. He was previously Deputy Commissioner for Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group at the Philippine Bureau of Customs (2013-2016). He is author of the book “Understanding International Trade, Tariff and Customs“.

CMO 18-2007: Practical Issues

LAST May, we wrote in our column about the planned Voluntary Disclosure…
  • July 30, 2007
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Customs Demand Letters – Part II

OF late, the Office of the Customs Commissioner (OCOM) has been issuing…
  • July 16, 2007
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CMO 12-2007: New Basis for Customs Assessment

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) recently issued Customs Memorandum Order (CMO) 12-2007…
  • July 2, 2007
  • 4 minute read

Temporary Imports and Admissions

PART of international trade and customs practices is the concept of Temporary…
  • June 18, 2007
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Conflicting PEZA Rules for Customs Brokers

The proposed amendments to RA 9280 (The Customs Brokers Act of 2004)…
  • May 21, 2007
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Customs Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP)

THE draft rules on the customs Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP) are reportedly…
  • May 7, 2007
  • 4 minute read

Customs Demand Letters

IN recent months, many importers have been receiving demand letters from the…
  • March 12, 2007
  • 4 minute read

Proposed Changes to RA 9280 and Their Implications

IN the coming months (or by next year), we expect possible amendments…
  • February 26, 2007
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Resumption of Customs Audit

IN our last article, we mentioned that customs has appointed a new…
  • February 12, 2007
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Customs Trends & Developments for 2007

WE have just started the year and a lot of people have…
  • January 31, 2007
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