The Bureau of Customs (BOC) intercepted ₱219.5 million worth of smuggled fuel at the La Union Port on Thursday, June 19, 2025, effectively disrupting an illegal fuel transfer operation. In a statement, Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said the bureau needs to intensify operations against...
Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) has filed a case against the Department of Finance (DOF), the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) over the imposition of taxes on its fuel imports. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Wednesday, June...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has intercepted two shipments containing 12 smuggled motor vehicles that arrived at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) from the United States (US). BOC-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Services Director Verne Enciso stated that the shipments were...
With the Bureau of Customs (BOC) contributing the largest share in the seizure of nearly ₱41-billion worth of counterfeit goods, the agency has vowed to intensify its crackdown on the trade of fake products to protect consumers and legitimate businesses. The BOC, the country’s second-largest...
Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing, Inc. (PMPM) and Japan Tobacco International (JTI) lauded the Bureau of Customs (BOC) after the agency seized ₱83.7 million worth of smuggled cigarettes in Bulacan. Last April 24, the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International...
The Sandiganbayan has allowed former Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Nicanor E. Faeldon to present a substitute witness to testify in his behalf during the trial of the graft charges filed against him. Instead of himself, Faeldon offered the presentation of the testimony of his former chief of...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC), the country's second-largest revenue collection agency, has entered into an agreement with the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), granting it rent-free use of facilities within the Subic Bay Freeport Zone for the next 25 years. In a statement released Friday,...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) confiscated fourteen 20-foot container vans of incorrectly declared sugar products from Vietnam, valued at around ₱28.7 million, due to customs and legal violations. BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio led the inspection at the Port of Subic on April 10, which led to...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the plea of former Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Nicanor E. Faeldon to file a demurrer to evidence and dismiss his two graft charges due to alleged weakness of the prosecution's evidence. With the denial, Faeldon will be ordered to present his evidence during the...
Over 112,000 unregistered vape products, with a total value of nearly ₱103 million, were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in two separate operations at the Port of Manila (POM) on Tuesday, March 18. Nearly ₱70 million was the cumulative tax revenue that the government could lose if...
DTI Secretary Ma. Cristina Roque (2nd from left) congratulates BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio (3rd from left) upon receiving the Gawad Bayanihan sa Pamumuhunan Award. Looking on (left) is DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio...
Around ₱1.18 billion worth of allegedly smuggled disposable vapes, vape pods, and used clothing from China was confiscated by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) from a warehouse in Valenzuela City on Thursday, March 13. The total seized vape products were valued at around ₱320 million, while the...
