The Bureau of Customs (BOC), the government's second-largest tax agency, has collected a total of P80.82 billion in April, surpassing the target by almost four percent. This makes the revenue collection for the first four months of the year at P299.6 billion, also exceeding the target collection of...
Even though no contraband was discovered aboard the Liberian-flagged M/V Ohshu Maru, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) issued a warrant of seizure and detention (WSD) against the cargo ship Friday that drifted and lingered in the Bohol Sea for a week while en route to the port of Kinuura, Japan. On May...
Despite a recent downward revision in the economic growth outlook, the Department of Finance (DOF) said that the Marcos administration is standing by its tax collection target for the year. Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said that the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs are...
Parcels declared as commodities from the United States of America and Canada were revealed to contain marijuana and cannabis oil with a combined worth of P3 million, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported Monday, April 29. An inspection by officials of BOC-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) of...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated a shipment of 21,071 grams of dried marijuana, with an estimated value of P29.5 million, at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). According to the BOC, 74 boxes from Thailand arrived at the MICP last April 12 and were found to contain dried...
The Bureau of Customs has vowed to improve trade facilitation efforts and mechanisms, in response to changes in the global economy. In a statement, Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said the bureau is committed to promoting trade facilitation through new and existing international...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has successfully thwarted an attempt to smuggle live spiders into the country at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). In a statement, the BOC reported that customs officials at the Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC) uncovered 84 live spiderlings during a physical...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intercepted a package containing methamphetamine, also known as shabu, at a warehouse in Pasay City. In a statement, the bureau reported that the BOC-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) seized around 32 kilograms of illegal drugs valued at approximately P218.48...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC), the government's second-largest tax agency, has exceeded its collection target in the first quarter, driven by improved trade processes and stricter border security measures. Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said the agency gathered P219.38 billion from January...
The Bureau of Customs has intercepted an attempt to smuggle approximately P37 million worth of marijuana, also known as dried kush, at the Manila port following a thorough physical inspection and x-ray scanning. On Friday, April 12, the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service at the Manila...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Hong Kong Customs conducted a joint validation visit (JVV) to advance mutual recognition arrangements and enhance trade facilitation efforts. Last month, Director Yasser Ismail A. Abbas of the Imports and Assessment Service and District Collector Yasmin M....
The Sandiganbayan has affirmed the regional trial court's (RTC) decision that convicted of graft a former official of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Cebu and a private individual over the auction and payment of 26,908 bags of illegally shipped sugar in 1999. Affirmed was the conviction of Benjamin...
