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Opinion pieces about the shipping and logistics industries

DOF Review of Import Entries

RECENT issuances from the Department of Finance (DOF) seem to indicate an…
  • November 15, 2010
  • 3 minute read

RA 9853 Implementation Issues

IN our column dated 09 August 2010, we mentioned that RA 9853,…
  • November 1, 2010
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Customs Brokers Act II

LAST December 15, 2009, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed and approved the…
  • August 9, 2010
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New Valuation Rules for Vehicles

THE Department of Finance (DoF), Bureau of Customs (BoC) and the Bureau…
  • June 28, 2010
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Bulk Cargo Survey

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now implementing the Bulk and Break…
  • June 21, 2010
  • 3 minute read

Instituting Customs Reforms (2)

THIS is the last of our two-part series on how to institute…
  • May 31, 2010
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Instituting Customs Reforms

WE have just finished our national elections and the results are almost…
  • May 17, 2010
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e2m Irregularities and Updates

IT has been six months since e2m (i.e., e-manifest system) was first…
  • April 19, 2010
  • 3 minute read

Changing Rules for Forwarding

LAST month, we wrote about the various trade and customs developments that…
  • February 8, 2010
  • 3 minute read

Customs and Trade Developments

Last year was a very busy and problematic year for the private…
  • January 25, 2010
  • 4 minute read