The Bureau of Customs (BOC) was awarded with a certificate of compliance for Freedom of Information (FOI) requirements in relation to Fiscal Year (F.Y.) 2021 Performance Based Bonus (PBB) by the Honorable Jose Ruperto Martin M. Andanar, Secretary and FOI Champion of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), on 09 March 2022.

The Bureau of Customs on April 2022 issued Customs Memorandum Order No. 11-2022 with the subject “Implementation of the Electronic Customs Baggage and Currency Declaration (eCBCD) System” to provide guidelines on the customs clearance process for all TRAVELERS and CREW MEMBERS using the said system, in relation to Customs Administrative Order No. 1-2017 or the Customs Clearance of Accompanied and Unaccompanied Baggage of Travelers and Crew.

The Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) Automated Inventory Management System (AIMS), established last August 9, 2021, is now being utilized in all Collection Districts nationwide.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, in close 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), seized three (3) 1000-ML bottles of Marijuana Hash Oil “Tetrahydrocannabinol” with an estimated value of Php 216,000.00 and arrested the claimant in a controlled delivery operation last May 19, 2022.

Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Enforcement and Security Service (ESS) and Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Port of Limay, together with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Bataan Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Unit (PNP-DEU), and PNP Limay, seized smuggled cigarettes in Limay, Bataan on May 18, 2022.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Intellectual Property Rights Division (CIIS-IPRD), seized IPR-infringing goods worth Php590 million on May 10, 2022.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through its Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Intellectual Property Rights Division (CIIS-IPRD), alongside with the National Bureau of Investigation – National Capital Region (NBI-NCR), seized counterfeit items and other products on 02 May 2022 for failure of the owners to comply with the Department of Trade and Industry’s safety standards. The counterfeit goods found were estimated at Php 78,000,000.00

The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Cebu seized 300 cylinders of Refrigerant Gas containing Trifluoromethane, an identified alternative to ozone-depleting substances last 11 May 2022.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, together 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), remains committed to protecting the country’s borders against the entry of illegal drugs as it arrested claimants of seized 1,200 grams of Ketamine with a total street value of Php 6 million last May 17, 2022.

As part of the agency’s drive to curb smuggling and dispose of overstaying containers, the Bureau of Customs-Port of Subic destroyed illicit cigarettes and overstaying containers of assorted household goods and personal effects on May 12, 2022.