The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is calling on all overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families to claim the 294 remaining balikbayan boxes currently in BOC custody. These boxes, identified with Bill of Lading numbers ONEYKW1TA1994400, ONEYKW1TA1968500, ONEYKW1TA1998800 and consigned to Mediacom Express Cargo and Pinoy Network Cargo WLL, arrived in the Philippines from Kuwait on February 12, 2023. Unfortunately, they were abandoned by the forwarder after collecting payments from abroad, leaving our OFWs and their families without their hard-earned balikbayan boxes.

Two days after the Bureau of Customs-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) conducted a joint inspection on currency declarations at NAIA Terminal 1, the BOC-NAIA intercepted undeclared foreign currencies amounting to 47 million Japanese Yen or PhP17.2 million on 27 June 2024 at NAIA Terminal 3 in Pasay City.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Clark together with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Customs Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force (CAIDTF), X-ray Inspection Project (XIP), Enforcement and Security Service (ESS), and Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), arrested the consignee of 5,888 grams of Marijuana Oil with an estimated value of P392,533.33 on June 19.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Clark, through its continuing campaign against illegal drugs, seized 142 grams of High-Grade Marijuana or Kush worth P234,300.00 in cooperation with Customs Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force (CAIDTF), X-ray Inspection Project (XIP), Enforcement and Security Service (ESS), and Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced the successful exchange of the electronic Phytosanitary (e-Phyto) certificate between the Philippines and Indonesia through the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) regional platform during the 67th Meeting of the Working Group on Technical Matters for the ASW (TWG). The meeting was held via hybrid platform from June 10-13, 2024, at the ASEAN Headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), Anti Money Laundering Council (AMLC), and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) conducted a joint inspection on currency declaration at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 on June 25, 2024. This is in line with Executive Order No. 33, series of 2023 and Office of the President Memorandum Circular No. 37, series of 2023 adopting the 2023-2027 National Anti-Money Laundering, Counter-Terrorism Financing, Counter Proliferation Financing Strategy (NACS).

In a significant stride against the smuggling of agricultural goods, the Bureau of Customs (BOC), in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), conducted a successful anti-smuggling operation which resulted in the uncovering illegally imported agricultural products valued at an estimated PhP100 million.

The Philippine (PH) Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Hong Kong (HK) Customs conducted a joint validation visit under the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program at Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. (TMPC) on June 18, 2024, in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. This is in line with the Philippines-Hong Kong Joint Action Plan on AEO Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) signed on 30 November 2023.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Clark seized approximately 940 grams of high-grade marijuana or kush, with an estimated value of PhP1,551,000.00, in coordination with the Customs Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force (CAIDTF), X-ray Inspection Project (XIP), Enforcement and Security Service (ESS), Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

The Philippine Bureau of Customs attended the 33rd regular Meeting of the ASEAN Directors-General of Customs held on June 04-06, 2024, in Phu Quoc, Viet Nam, hosted and chaired by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.