Hard-earned "balikbayan" boxes from overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) were finally unloaded from an abandoned container van at the Port of Manila following requests from claimants to finally release their packages. BALIKBAYAN BOXES GALORE--A stripping activity or the unloading of goods from an...
A "condemnation committee" has been formed by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to oversee and hasten the disposal of seized and abandoned goods from the country's ports. CRUSHED!--A total of 85,000 reams of smuggled cigarettes from China worth P50 million were destroyed at a facility in Bukidnon on July...
A second batch of smuggled red onions believed to be a part of an ongoing large-scale agricultural smuggling activity was recently intercepted at the Port of Subic. DEJA VU--Another shipment of onions worth P45 million--declared as chapati bread--were seized at the Port of Subic. (Photo courtesy of...
A P50-million shipment of smuggled cigarettes from China were recently destroyed in Bukidnon via heavy machinery, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Thursday, July 29. CRUSHED!--A total of 85,000 reams of smuggled cigarettes from China worth P50 million were destroyed at a facility in Bukidnon on...
The Bureau of Customs-Port of NAIA (BOC-NAIA) has cleared the 324,090 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that arrived in the country on Monday night, July 26. (Photo from the BOC) The particular batch of vaccines were flown in at 9:20 p.m. at Ninoy Aquino International...
All stakeholders transacting with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) can now type and send their feedback or concerns on every service provided to them using the bureau's online portal. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) Through the Customer Care Portal System (CCPS), stakeholders are allowed to give their...
Two shipments containing P10 million worth of allegedly smuggled red onions were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Manila, it said on Tuesday, July 20. SMUGGLED GOODS -- The Bureau of Customs (BOC) announces on July 20, 2021 the seizure of P10 mlion worth of allegedly smuggled red onions...
More than P33 million worth of local and foreign currencies were confiscated by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) from various currency smuggling attempts through the country's ports since last year. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) According to the Intelligence Group-Customs Intelligence and Investigation...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has flagged a possible sugar smuggling scheme employed by unscrupulous traders taking advantage of the Sugar Regulatory Administration’s (SRA) export replenishment program. In a statement on Monday, July 12, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said he has...
More than P10 billion worth of smuggled goods have been seized in various ports and warehouses in the country over the last six months of 2021, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) bared Wednesday, July 7. (Photo courtesy of the BOC) The confiscated contrabands were a combination of counterfeit cigarettes,...
The Bureau of Customs registered a spike in pork imports following the government’s order lowering tariffs on swine meat shipments that aims to stabilize the domestic supply and prices, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III, the Customs...
An individual who has been posing as both a Bureau of Customs (BOC) employee and a port director has been arrested for allegedly duping buyers over supposed unreleased items to gain a large sum of money, the BOC said Wednesday, June 23. POSER--A man going around as a fake Bureau of Customs (BOC)...
