The Bureau of Customs (BOC) continues taking the lead in advancing trade facilitation initiatives, in line with its aspirations to be at par with the most advanced nations and best practices through the conduct of the National Workshop with the theme “Strengthening the Trade Facilitation Capacity of the Philippines” on April 4-6, 2022, at the Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati City, Philippines.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on March 2022, records its highest monthly collection in history with P70.727 billion actual collection against its P57.69 billion March 2022 target collection.

The World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) held the third (3rd) Capacity Building Workshop for the National Customs Trade Facilitation Champions (TF Champions) from 21 to 25 March 2022 in Manila, Philippines.

The Bureau of Customs continues to intensify its border protection efforts against the smuggling of agricultural products through enhanced intelligence and enforcement operations and strengthened cooperation with the Department of Agriculture (DA).

As the war on drugs of the Duterte administration rages on, the Bureau of Customs-NAIA and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) as part of the NAIA Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-DITG) on March 30, 2022 seized shabu concealed in a pressure cooker.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through its Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service-Intellectual Property Rights Division (CIIS-IPRD) and BOC-Port of Manila (POM), seized smuggled counterfeit goods with an estimated value of Php 100,000,000.00 in Valenzuela City on 25 March 2022.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Davao through its Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), X-ray Inspection Project (XIP), and Enforcement Security Service (ESS) and in coordination with the Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Special Operations Group (RSOG) XI, seized 690 master cases of smuggled cigarettes with an estimated value of Php 20 million in a joint buy-bust operation on March 24, 2022, at Hagonoy, Davao del Sur.

Joint elements of the Manila International Container Port-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service Field Station (MICP-CIIS) of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), PNP Drug Enforcement Group (PDEG), Quezon City Police District (QCPD), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-National Capital Region (PDEA-NCR), and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) seized an estimated 50 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu on 23 March 2022 in Quezon City.

Bureau of Customs, through the Intelligence Group (IG) and the Manila International Container Port-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), discovered misdeclared, and undervalued Lamborghini Aventador in a physical examination conducted on 23 March 2022 at the Port.

The Bureau of Customs and Department of Finance jointly organized the 2nd Meeting of the Philippine Trade Facilitation Committee (PTFC) Technical Working Groups and PTFC Roadmap Writeshop on March 15 to 17, 2022 at the Bayleaf Intramuros, Manila.