The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) recently jointly convened the National Single Window (NSW) Summit 2022 at the F1 Hotel, Bonifacio Global City.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Davao’s Sub-port of Dadiangas undergoes the second and final stage of the External Quality Audit on Sept. 21 by its external certifying body, Tüv-Süd where the said Port was recommended the ISO 9001:2015 Certification.

A composite team of law enforcers from the Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, together with operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), had seized 1.14 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride, commonly known as shabu, with an estimated value of P 7.87-million.

The Bureau of Customs, under the leadership of Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz, continues to strengthen the monitoring of the movement and location of containers to secure the transit of imported goods through the intensified implementation of the Electronic Tracking of Containerized Cargo (E-TRACC) System.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Management Information System and Technology Group (MISTG), will be fully implementing the Philippine Clearing House Corporation (PCHC) Payment Application Secure System Version 6.0 (PASS 6) in its Electronic to Mobile (E2M) system on Oct. 1 which also allows the 24/7 processing of payments for stakeholders transacting through selected banks.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC NAIA) conducted coordination meetings with Partner Customs Facility and Warehouse (CFW) Operators to prepare for the influx of inbound parcels/packages this coming holiday season.

Bureau of Customs officials, through the Interim Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Office, participated in a two-day Writeshop for the drafting of the AEO Operations Manual on September 6-7 at F1 Hotel Manila, Taguig.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group (AOCG) and the Port of Manila (POM), continues to implement measures and work closely with its stakeholders in ensuring that effective trade facilitation programs and practices are in place.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, in coordination with the Customs Anti-Illegal Drug Task Force (CAIDTF), Enforcement & Security Service (ESS), Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), X-ray Inspection Project (XIP) & Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), uncovered 35 grams of Kush Marijuana with an estimated value of Php52,500.00 inside eight (8) canisters and arrested its claimant on Sept.13 in Malabon City.

Agents of the Bureau of Customs-Manila International Container Port (BOC-MICP), through the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) and the Enforcement and Security Service-Quick Response Team (ESS-QRT), together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Intelligence Service Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP), the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG), and the National Intelligence and Security Force (NISF), inspected several warehouses of sugar in Meycauayan, Bulacan on September 8, 2022.