Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio recently met with American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) of the Philippines Executive Director Ebb Hinchliffe to discuss various issues and concerns affecting American and Philippine businesses in the country.

As part of the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) strengthened anti-illegal drug campaign, the BOC – Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), with Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) arrested a claimant after discovering poppy pods with seeds inside a parcel on May 9, 2023, at the Central Mail Exchange Center, Pasay City.

Region XI’s law enforcement agencies convened to coordinate their efforts on the prosecution, investigation, and case-building against smuggling.

The Bureau of Customs, Collection District XII hosted the discussion at its Customshouse in Sasa, Davao City, as part of Commissioner Bienvenido Rubio’s priority agenda to curb smuggling.

The Bureau of Customs-Legazpi has welcomed its first-ever fuel importation, which arrived aboard MV Peninsula XI at the Port of Pasacao, Camarines Sur on May 8, 2023. The vessel is carrying 5,076,234 liters of Gasoil consigned to Jetti Petroleum Inc.

The Bureau of Customs Port of Zamboanga (BOC-POZ) intercepted a motorized wooden watercraft marked as “NADZ” loaded with 126 master cases of undocumented cigarettes worth PHP 4.4 million on May 5.

The Bureau of Customs Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), and NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) intercepted outbound express cargo containing suspected dangerous drugs, which were concealed and misdeclared as eyelash sets, electric hair dryers, and electric hairbrushes on May 8, 2023, at the DHL Express Gateway Warehouse in NAIA.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) achieved a significant milestone on April 28, 2023, with a record-breaking daily collection of P7.510 billion. This impressive feat surpassed the agency’s previous highest daily collection of P6.074 billion on October 14, 2022, by P1.436 billion or 23.64%.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has once again exceeded its revenue collection target, generating P68.274 billion for April 2023, compared to its target of P68.199 billion. This is a 3.97% increase from last year’s collection of P65.669 billion for the same period.

The Bureau of Customs Port of Zamboanga (BOC-POZ) destroyed a total of 19,419 cases and 667 reams of smuggled cigarettes on 28 April 2023. The destruction took place in a Customs-rented warehouse in Barangay Baliwasan, Zamboanga City.