BOC Davao launches balikbayan box monitoring system

As prescribed under the new Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA), the…

Wanted: At least 150 employees for Bureau of Customs

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is filling up an initial 150…

BOC intercepts misdeclared steel pipes valued at P1.5M

Operatives from the Philippine Bureau of Customs Enforcement and Security Service (BOC…

Lawmaker wants review of BOC rule to list contents of balikbayan boxes

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto is calling for the immediate “activation…

Duty-, tax-free privilege for balikbayan boxes starts August

After months of delay, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and Filipinos residing abroad…

BOC: No legal basis to claims of jurisdiction overlap with PPA

The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) emphasized there is “no legal basis”…

BIR released 66.3% more importer, customs broker certificates in first half

The Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) granted clearance certificates to 2,654…

Draft order tackles PH gov’t right of compulsory acquisition for undervalued goods

The draft order outlining Philippine guidelines for implementing the government’s right of…

BOC’s tight balancing act: Trade facilitation and revenue generation

Much has transpired a year since Philippine Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon assumed…

CCBI postpones lodgement fee rollout to October

The implementation of the lodgement fee program has been moved by the…