As part of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) consistent efforts to enhance trade facilitation and promote transparency, the Bureau of Customs, through the Account Management Office (AMO), reported on the statistics concerning accreditation for the first half of 2022.

Bureau of Customs (BOC) is recognized by the Civil Service Commission-Contact Center ng Bayan (CCB) as one of the Top 10 government agencies with the highest complaints resolution rate from Fiscal Year 2014 to 2021.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Management Information System and Technology Group (MISTG), Risk Management Office (RMO), and the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Services (CIIS), successfully launched the National Customs Intelligence System (NCIS) on June 27, 2022.

As part of the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) commitment to support the government’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, BOC Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero and NAIA District Collector Carmelita M. Talusan, on June 29, 2022, were commended during the 32nd National Task Force Vaccine Cluster Meeting which was held in the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), Pasay City.

Agents from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized tobacco products and other cigarette-making paraphernalia with an estimated value of P256.5 million from a warehouse along Tanza-Trece Martires Road in Brgy. De Ocampo, Trece Martirez, Cavite. With assistance from the National Bureau of Investigation Special Action Unit (NBI SAU), the operation led to the arrest of four Chinese nationals who will face appropriate legal charges in relation to smuggling.

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.