The Bureau of Customs – Port of Davao has expedited the release of 526,500 doses of Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 vaccines which arrived at Davao International Airport via TRI-MG Airlines last December 26, 2021, Sunday, 1:10 PM.

Bureau of Customs on December 20, 2021, issued Customs Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 38-2021, imposing provisional anti-dumping duties for specific types of cement imported from Vietnam, pursuant to the Department Administrative Order (DAO) No. 21-07 from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and in view of the directive of Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Davao underwent the second and final stage of the External Quality Audit on December 14-16, 2021, where the said Port was recommended for the issuance of ISO 9001:2015 Certification, making it the first major port in Visayas and Mindanao to be ISO certified.

Bureau of Customs, through the Auction and Cargo Disposal Division, conducted a turn over ceremony of imported foodstuff and footwear to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for donation to the victims of typhoon ‘Odette’ on Dec. 24, 2021.

Optimizing the management of trade facilitation activities advances another step for the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in achieving full visibility and cross-border cooperation with ASEAN. After months of focused strategies, the Philippines is now exchanging the ASEAN Customs Declaration Document (ACDD) using the live environment of the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) regional platform, with the intent of supporting Customs risk targeting and profiling activities.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Risk Management Office, has been appointed as the Regional Program Leader for National Customs Network (NCEN) for the Asia-Pacific Region during the election held on December 21, 2021, as part of the activities of the 3rd Regional Meeting of NCEN Program Leaders for Asia, wherein Ms. Jemky Flor Sacar, BOC-PH National Contact Point for NCEN, represented the agency.

Bureau of Customs – Port of Subic seizes another batch of smuggled agricultural products worth Php 37 million consigned to EMV Consumer Goods Trading and JKJ International Co. on Dec. 21, 2021.

In response to the need to facilitate the rapid movement of donations and relief goods from the international community to the provinces devastated by super typhoon Odette, the Bureau of Customs (BOC), on 21 December 2021, directed all the District Collectors, to activate a One-Stop-Shop (OSS) in their respective ports to expedite the processing and release of all donated relief goods for the typhoon victims.

The Bureau of Customs Port of NAIA (BOC NAIA), the Philippine Drug enforcement Agency (PDEA), and NAIA-IADITG seized a total of 2,437 tablets of Ecstasy party drugs at the Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC) and DHL warehouse in Pasay City.

The Bureau of Customs implements Customs Memorandum Order (CMO) No. 37-2021, with subject “Mandatory Geotagging of Photos and Videos taken by Customs Personnel in the Exercise of Customs Police Authority and Other Customs Operations”, effective on 13 December 2021.