Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio emphasized the accomplishments of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in 2023 and outlined goals for 2024 during the bureau’s New Year’s Call on January 10, 2024. The event brought together key officials of the BOC, including the Assistant Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners, Service Directors, District Collectors, and Division Chiefs.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark stopped an attempt to export P7.507 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride in a shipment declared as “shaft drive model” bound for New Zealand on January 3, 2024.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and ARISE Plus Philippines recently organized a comprehensive “Integrated Risk Management (IRM) Awareness, Risk Analysis, and Treatment Workshop” for key officials from the BOC Risk Management Office (RMO) and frontline officers handling licenses and permits in collaboration with Trade Regulatory Government Agencies (TRGAs).

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark successfully busted three parcels containing 14,944 grams of Shabu, with an estimated street value of P103,113,600.00.

In a historic leap towards modernizing border security and streamlining operational processes, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) implemented the National Customs Intelligence System (NCIS) on December 13, 2023, during the Intelligence Group (IG) Conference held at Diamond Hotel Manila.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, in close coordination 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), seized 8,126 grams of Shabu with an estimated value of P56,069,400.00 and arrested the consignee in Cavite.

In a joint operation on December 3, 2023, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Davao and the Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao (NFEM) successfully intercepted illicit contraband in Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato. This operation led to the apprehension of 454 master cases containing 22,700 reams of assorted brands of cigarettes, with a combined estimated value of P17,025,500.00. The motorized banca used to transport the smuggled cigarettes was likewise seized during the operation.

The Bureau of Customs Port of Cagayan de Oro, in collaboration with the BOC Intelligence Group (IG), intercepted two smuggled luxury vehicles misdeclared as used truck replacement parts at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, on December 15, 2023.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the ARISE Plus Philippines recently convened the Executive Sessions focusing on e-Commerce De Minimis Threshold and Taxation Regulations at the Makati Diamond Residences, Makati City. This initiative is part of the support extended by ARISE Plus Philippines, implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC) as a technical agency, to the BOC under their Project on “Strengthened Trade Facilitation Capacity for implementing the CMTA and WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (WTO TFA).”

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) received recognition during the “2023 Ease of Doing Business Convention”, hosted by the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) at the Philippine International Convention Center last December 1, 2023. In the said event, the BOC’s significant role in enhancing efficiency and reducing red tape was duly cited and acknowledged.