The Bureau of Customs – Port of NAIA (BOC-NAIA) on November 25, 2021 conducted a webinar on the policies and procedures on importation of plants and plant products, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA) – Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) through Zoom Video Conference and Facebook Live.

In line with the Bureau’s commitment to strengthen border security, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Zamboanga, Enforcement and Security Service – Customs Police Division (ESS–CPD) Zamboanga District Office, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) Port of Zamboanga Field Station, and Subport of Zamboanga Peninsula (ZAMPEN), in coordination with Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Plant Industry (DA – BPI) Pagadian City, seized two (2) delivery trucks carrying sacks of smuggled onions and garlic, with an estimated value of Php190,400 during a BOC checkpoint in Brgy. New Labangan, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur.

Employees from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Davao and Sub-port of Dadiangas participated in a two-day seminar workshop that reinforces their current knowledge capacity on the laws and regulations on Customs Bonded Warehouse (CBW) operations on November 18-19, 2021, at the Port’s Capacity Building.

The Japan Customs, in close cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), organized an online Workshop on “Customs Modernization for the Philippine Customs” on November 16-18, 2021.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of Davao, conducted a Multi-Sectoral Advisory Council (MSAC) meeting via Zoom Teleconference on November 16, 2021.

Bureau of Customs-Port of Cagayan de Oro (CDO) resumed the spot-check inspection of 19 remaining containers consigned to EMV Consumer Goods Trading on Nov. 22, 2021, at MICTSI container yard in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

Elements of the Bureau of Customs-Port of Zamboanga Enforcement and Security Service and Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service, in coordination with the Zamboanga Del Sur Maritime Police Station, seized 123 master cases of assorted smuggled cigarettes with an estimated value of Php 4.3 million in a seaborne patrol on Nov. 19, 2021.

As part of intensified joint anti-illegal drug operations, the Port of NAIA and the NAIA Inter-agency Drug Interdiction Taskgroup (NAIA-DITG) arrested the consignee of package containing 100 pieces of ecstacy tablets in Bulacan.

There was no major non-conformity found, while there were five (5) minor non-conformities and seven (7) opportunities for improvement.

To address the concerns of the stakeholders regarding port congestion and long queuing of trucks at the Manila International Container Port, Acting District Collector Romeo Allan R. Rosales, together with Atty. Edward R. Ibera, Deputy Collector for Assessment, Atty. Rey Roland F. Bergado, Chief of Formal Entry Division,