In an email to all ASEAN Members States (AMS), the ASEAN Secretariat has announced the live electronic exchange of the ASEAN Customs Declaration Document (ACDD) of the Philippines with Brunei and Indonesia starting May 13, 2022, using the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) system.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) headed by Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero and Port of NAIA District Collector Carmelita M. Talusan on May 20, 2022, officially launched the BOC NAIA Exhibit Hall which highlights accomplishments on seized illegal goods, wildlife species and other contrabands.

The Bureau of Customs, through the Manila International Container Port-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (MICP-CIIS) and Enforcement and Security Service (MICP-ESS), together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) inspected a warehouse in Valenzuela City for suspected smuggled goods on May 13, 2022.

Further reinforcing the anti-illegal drugs campaign mandated by Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero and President Rodrigo Duterte, 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), seized 3,982 grams of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride or “Shabu” with an estimated value of Php 27,475,000.00 and arrested two (2) claimants in a controlled delivery operation last May 25, 2022.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Port of Manila (POM), seized infringing goods worth Php100 million on May 25, 2022.

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.