The Bureau of Customs, through the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service and the Enforcement and Security Service of the Manila International Container Port, together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines, seized various smuggled goods stored in a warehouse in Valenzuela City on July 13, 2022.

Aimed at providing additional resources to support maritime operations, the Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark donated 6,357.8 liters of diesel fuel to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) last July 08, 2022.

As part of its commitment to strengthen border security, the Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Intelligence Group (IG) and Enforcement Group (EG), reported its anti-smuggling efforts for the first half of 2022.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) strengthens its anti-corruption and integrity campaign under the leadership of Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero as 67 additional Show Cause Orders were issued from January to June 2022. This led to the dismissal, suspension, relief, and reshuffling of errant Customs employees.

Aligned with its thrust to curb illicit trade and collect rightful duties and taxes for the government, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has marked 9-Billion liters of fuel equivalent to P118 billion duties and taxes for the first semester of 2022. With this, the total marked gasoline, diesel, and kerosene from September 2019 to June 2022 were 43.65 billion liters equivalent to P432.3 billion in duties and taxes.

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), recorded another successful drug bust as it seized 2.5 kilograms of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride, commonly known as Shabu, with an estimated value of Php 17.25-million and arrested one (1) claimant in Pasay City.

Bureau of Customs – Port of Subic and the Intelligence Group seized another 3×40’ container shipments carrying around 3,160 Master Cases of illicit cigarettes with an estimated value of Php 131.14 Million last July 04, 2022.

With the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) thrust to computerize manual processes and enhance its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) systems and infrastructures, the Management Information System and Technology Group (MISTG) implements the Payment Application Secure 6 (PAS6) that is connected to the Bureau’s Electronic-to-Mobile (E2M) System on July 1, 2022.

Bureau of Customs, through the joint efforts of the Port of Cagayan de Oro and the Intelligence Group, seized five (5) containers of smuggled agricultural products as a result of the physical examination conducted at Mindanao International Container Terminal Services Inc. (MICTSI) yard at the PHIVIDEC Compound, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on July 7, 2022.

Customs Governing Agency, Certificate Issuing Agency, and NSW Operating Agency representatives from all ten (10) ASEAN Member states met virtually during the 59th Meeting of the Working Group on Technical Matters for the ASEAN Single Window (ASW TWG).