BOC Port of Zamboanga on Tuesday, 25 January 2022, heads a joint follow-up operation that led to the confiscation of One Thousand Thirty-Eight (1038) master cases of undocumented cigarettes, equivalent to an estimated value of Php36,330,000 in an abandoned warehouse in Barangay Kasanyangan, Zamboanga City.
The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, through its intensified anti-smuggling measures, discovered four (4) Live Bearded Dragons inside a shipment declared as “Tupperware” from Malaysia.
Tobacco giant Phillip Morris International (PMI) Inc. commended the Department of Finance (DOF) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for their efforts to stop smuggling attempts in the country which resulted in the seizure of billions worth of illicit cigarettes, tobacco products, and raw materials.
In line with strengthening border protection and enhancing trade facilitation, the Bureau of Customs (BOC), through its Legal Service and Management Information and Technology Group (MISTG) and together with the Department of Agriculture (DA) – Trade Remedies Unit (TRU), held a virtual signing of the BOC-DA Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) on 27 January 2022. The event was attended by Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero and DA Secretary William Dar.
Bureau of Customs-Port of NAIA (BOC NAIA) with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA IADITG) intercepted five parcels containing illegal drugs in Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC), preventing the entry of a total of 1,115 ecstasy tablets, and 26.4 grams of Ketamine with aggregate value of ₱2,027,800.
Bureau of Customs (BOC) through the Public Information and Assistance Division, in coordination with the Local Public Information Officers (PIOs), spearheaded the 2022 Media Fellowship Meeting on Jan. 27, 2022, at the OCOM Conference Room, BOC Grounds, Port Area, Manila and via Zoom Teleconference.
After four testing cycles in December 2021, the Philippines officially joins the live electronic exchange of the ASEAN Customs Declaration Document (ACDD) using the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) regional platform.
The Bureau of Customs on Friday, January 21, 2022, seized an estimated P150 million worth of fake COVID-19 antigen test kits, LianHua Chinese medicines, counterfeit face masks, and copyright-infringed branded goods in a Manila warehouse, leading also to the arrest of a Chinese national who was the owner of the said warehouse.
Now on its third year of implementation, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) marked 17,0336,061,436 liters of gasoline, diesel and kerosene and collected taxes amounting to P165.96 billion from January to December 2021 through the continuing implementation of the government’s Fuel Marking Program.
The Bureau of Customs-Port of Clark, in close coordination with CAIDTF, ESS, CIIS, XIP & PDEA, busted another drug importation attempt as it seized 3054 pieces of Ecstasy tablets with an estimated street value of P5.2-million and arrested the consignee in Quezon City.
