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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“.

Free Zones – A Separate Customs Territory

BASED on international trade practices, ‘free zones’ are a generally understood to…
  • March 24, 2008
  • 4 minute read

Understanding INCOTERMS 2000

INTERNATIONAL Commercial Terms (INCOTERMS) play a very important role in international trade.…
  • March 10, 2008
  • 3 minute read

Customs Modernization Act

WE continue our discussion on the expected changes in cus-toms operations arising…
  • February 20, 2008
  • 2 minute read

Proposed Anti-Smuggling Bills

There are presently pending bills in Congress (both Senate and House of…
  • January 14, 2008
  • 3 minute read

The Year That Was

THIS year has been very interesting in terms of developments in the…
  • December 19, 2007
  • 3 minute read

Implementation of the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC)

THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) has already announced that the Revised Kyoto…
  • November 19, 2007
  • 3 minute read

Legal Issues Involving Customs Demand Letters

EARLY this year (March 12, 2007 column), we wrote about how importers…
  • November 5, 2007
  • 4 minute read

Rules of Origin Under the Various FTAs

In our column last August 27, 2007, we provided an update on…
  • October 22, 2007
  • 4 minute read

Latest Customs and Trade Updates

IN our previous columns, we have provided some of the latest developments…
  • September 10, 2007
  • 4 minute read

FTAs: Tariff Reduction and Rules of Origin

IN addition to our regular updates on the ASEAN Free Trade Area…
  • August 27, 2007
  • 4 minute read