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.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Davao, through its Sub-port in Dadiangas, and the Philippine National Police (PNP) General Santos City Police Office (GSCPO) has again intercepted 739 reams of illicit cigarettes valued at Php 369,500 at Purok Wal, Brgy. Tambler, General Santos City, November 28, 2021.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Davao, through its Sub-port in Dadiangas, and the Philippine National Police (PNP), Regional Intelligence Division XII and Libungan Municipal Police Station intercepted 4,710 reams of various branded cigarettes valued at Php 2.35 million at Libungan, North Cotabato on November 26, 2021.

The Bureau of Customs – Port of NAIA (BOC – NAIA), the Philippine Drug enforcement Agency (PDEA), and NAIA Inter-agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG) seized 9,160 tablets of Ecstasy (“Party Drugs”) at the Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC) in Pasay City.

In line with the Bureau’s mandate to strengthen efforts against smuggling and prevent the entry of illegal goods, the Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Zamboanga destroyed approximately PHP300 million worth of smuggled cigarettes on December 15, 2021 in a customs-rented warehouse in Brgy. Baliwasan, Zamboanga City.