For the month of June 2022, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) yet again, records its highest monthly collection in history with P76.290B collection, surpassing its target of P56.287B by P20.003B or +35.5% based on the preliminary report from the BOC Financial Service. Significantly, the BOC broke its previous highest monthly collection record of P70.778-B for March 2022.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) conducted the Customs Clearance Procedure for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs Webinar, wherein all stakeholders and the general public were invited, on June 27, 2022 at the BOC Office of the Commissioner Conference Room and via Zoom Teleconference.
To establish a modernized customer service center that will provide services in conjunction with the Bureau’s modernization projects, the Bureau of Customs issues Customs Administrative Order (CAO) No. 04-2022 entitled “Institutionalizing Transparency in Delivery of Services Through the Establishment of the Bureau of Customs Customer Care Centers (CCCs)”.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) officially launches the i-Declare System, a streamlined and digitalized Customs Baggage and Currency Declaration process, on June 29, 2022.
As a result its heightened border protection efforts, the Bureau of Customs-Port of Subic seized another 1×40’ container of assorted tobacco products from China on June 22, 2022.
The Bureau of Customs, through the Revenue Collection and Monitoring Group (RCMG)-Legal Service and the Interim Training and Development Division (ITDD), conducted the Legal Summit 2022 on June 21-23, 2022 at the Subic Bay Travelers Hotel, Subic Freeport Zone, Zambales and via Zoom Teleconference.
The BOC Customer Care Center (CCC) – Port of Subic was finally awarded its Certification for ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System during the BOC Executive Committee Meeting on June 20, 2022.
On June 15, 2022, the Bureau of Customs – Port of Iloilo condemned abandoned and seized used tires through co-processing with cement kiln in the facility of APO Cement Corporation, Naga City, Cebu. The said mode of condemnation is an industrial process that is proven to be a sustainable waste management solution. The non-recyclable used tires were converted into a usable heat to provide an alternative fuel to the cement kiln.
The Bureau of Customs- Port of Zamboanga (BOC-POZ), through its Enforcement and Security Service (ESS) and Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), in coordination with the 2nd Zamboanga City Mobile Force Company “Seaborne”, successfully intercepted Php 9.6 million worth of smuggled cigarettes off the waters of Manalipa, Zamboanga City o 21 June 2022.
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) headed by Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero, the Outgoing Chairperson of the ASEAN Customs Directors-General, attended the 31st regular Meeting of the ASEAN Directors-General of Customs from June 7-9, 2022, in Singapore.
