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BOC issues rules on opening alerted balikbayan boxesThe Bureau of Customs has issued a memorandum to all district collectors and other concerned customs officials and personnel regarding its policy on opening alerted balikbayan boxes. Based on the memorandum, alerted balikbayan boxes shall be subject to 100% physical examination only in the presence of the consignee or his duly authorized representative. continue reading : BOC issues rules on opening alerted balikbayan boxes |
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BOC submits draft IRR vs agricultural smuggling to DOFThe Bureau of Customs (BOC) has submitted the draft Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 10845, or the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016, to Department of Finance (DOF) for final review. The draft IRR of RA 10845 aims to penalize agricultural smugglers with graver penalties. The IRR will provide guidelines continue reading : BOC submits draft IRR vs agricultural smuggling to DOF |
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BOC intercepts 20 illegal transshipments of rice, other itemsThe Bureau of Customs has reported on Friday, 16 December, that it has seized a total of twenty (20) twenty-footer (20×20) containers for transshipment that arrived at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) on several occasions in the month of November. The shipments are estimated to have a total value of forty million pesos (P40,000,000). continue reading : BOC intercepts 20 illegal transshipments of rice, other items |
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