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Opinion pieces about the shipping and logistics industries

New Customs Registration Program

AS a general rule, any article imported into the Philippines will require…
  • May 5, 2008
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Authorized Economic Operator (AEO)

OF late, we have been hearing a lot about new programs on…
  • April 21, 2008
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Violation of CBW Rules

Customs Bonded Warehouses, CBWs for short, are presently under increasing scrutiny not…
  • April 7, 2008
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Free Zones – A Separate Customs Territory

BASED on international trade practices, ‘free zones’ are a generally understood to…
  • March 24, 2008
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Understanding INCOTERMS 2000

INTERNATIONAL Commercial Terms (INCOTERMS) play a very important role in international trade.…
  • March 10, 2008
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Customs Modernization Act

WE continue our discussion on the expected changes in cus-toms operations arising…
  • February 20, 2008
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Proposed Anti-Smuggling Bills

There are presently pending bills in Congress (both Senate and House of…
  • January 14, 2008
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The Year That Was

THIS year has been very interesting in terms of developments in the…
  • December 19, 2007
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Implementation of the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC)

THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) has already announced that the Revised Kyoto…
  • November 19, 2007
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Legal Issues Involving Customs Demand Letters

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