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Opinion pieces about the shipping and logistics industries

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
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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
  • 3 minute read

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
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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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