The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has committed to support the Regional Intelligence Liaison Offices (RILO) in order to strengthen the collection and exchange of information within the Asia Pacific region. In a statement, Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio highlighted the positive outcomes achieved...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is confident it will meet its collection target this month, even with the two-week impact of the Chinese New Year inventory period in China. BOC Spokesperson and Assistant Commissioner Vincent Maronilla told reporters that they are hoping to have a surplus, even with the...
Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto calls on the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to keep the cash flowing, stressing the crucial link between efficient tax collections and funding at least a fifth of the government's spending. Addressing BOC employees during the agency’s anniversary celebration on Tuesday,...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is stepping up its efforts to track down the blue Bugatti Chiron hypersports car, reiterating that there is a cash reward for informants who can help in finding the smuggled vehicle. Photo: CIIS-MICP “It’s going to be a small world from now on,” declared Customs...
Photo: Bureau of Customs The owner of the smuggled red Bugatti Chiron sports car voluntarily surrendered the luxury vehicle to the Bureau of Customs (BOC). The 165-million super sports car that the BOC was looking for was surrendered to the agency’s Customs Intelligence and Investigation...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) surpassed its collection target for January, driven by improved import valuation, enhanced border protection, and tangible trade facilitation initiatives. The BOC, the government's second-largest tax agency, announced that it collected P73.33 billion in the first month...
Photos: Bureau of Customs The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is currently on the lookout for two smuggled Bugatti Chiron super sports cars valued at an astonishing P330 million. These 2023 model sports cars, one blue (with plate number NIM 5448) and one red (with plate number NIM 5450), have been...
Hundreds of illegally imported cigarette master cases worth an astounding P27.6 million was intercepted in Zamboanga City, the Bureau of Customs said in a report. Agents from the Customs’ water, police, and intelligence divisions led a maritime operation on Jan. 26 that led to the seizure of a...
The Bureau of Customs seized over 3,100 liters of unmarked fuels with a total worth of P10.5 million in Bataan after it failed to pass the fuel marking test. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Intelligence and Investigation Service-Manila International Container Port (CIIS-MICP), along with agents from...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is aiming to ramp up its digitalization processes in trade and border controls in order to meet its revenue collection target this year. In a statement, Customs Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said the bureau is planning to increase collections by 15 percent to 20...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has cautioned overseas Filipinos against using 16 forwarding companies for sending balikbayan boxes due to reports of abandonment and derogatory practices. In a notice released on Thursday, Jan. 25, the BOC advised the public to carefully select a forwarding company to...
Over P5 million worth of suspected smuggled vegetables and fruits were seized in warehouses in Manila following complaints of Benguet local traders on poor sales even during the peak of the Christmas season, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported on Wednesday. “We hear you. That’s what we want to...
