The Bureau of Customs (BOC) in cooperation with the ARISE Plus Philippines Project successfully conducted the session on the Philippine e-Commerce Clearance and Taxation Mechanisms during the National Trade Facilitation Workshop on 4-6 April 2022 at the Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati City, Philippines.
Joint elements of the Manila International Container Port-Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service of the Bureau of Customs, Quezon City Police District, PNP Drug Enforcement Group, PNP-NCRPO, and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, seized an estimated 12 kilograms of suspected Methampethamine Hydrochloride also known as “shabu” in a buy-bust operation on 12 April 2022 in Quezon City.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has been facilitating the expeditious release of various Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and COVID-19 vaccines. As of March 2022, the BOC successfully processed and cleared 16,142 shipments of PPE and 243 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
The Bureau of Customs – Port of Clark, in coordination with CAIDTF, ESS, CIIS, XIP & PDEA, uncovered four (4) kilograms of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride with an estimated value of Php 27,600,000.00 pesos in a shipment said to contain “kids blanket” from New Delhi, India and arrested the consignee in a controlled delivery operations at Trece Martires City, Cavite.
Determined to sustain and further optimize its gains from the Performance Governance System (PGS), the Intelligence Group (IG) in collaboration with the Enforcement Group (EG), Port of Batangas, and the National Bureau of Investigation- Special Action Unit (NBI-SAU) conducted a governance sharing activity held on 07 April 2022 at the OCOM Situation Room and via MS Teams.
As part of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) consistent efforts to enhance trade facilitation and promote transparency, the Bureau of Customs, through the Account Management Office (AMO), reported on the statistics concerning accreditation for the first quarter of 2022.
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group (AOCG), the Auction and Cargo Disposal Division (ACDD) and the ACDD units of all BOC Collection Districts nationwide, disposed a total of 304 overstaying containers through public auction, condemnation, and donation for the 1st quarter of 2022.
As part of its commitment to prevent the entry of illegal goods into the country, the Bureau of Customs Port of NAIA (BOC-NAIA) condemned various regulated goods without health and safety clearances seized by the Port, which includes food items, unlabeled medicines, vape juice and linhua qingwen medicines among others. The said regulated goods were seized on various occassions as part of BOC-NAIA’s border security and anti-smuggling campaign.
The World Customs Organization (WCO), through Mr. Jonathan Fellows, Senior Technical Officer, WCO Capacity Building Directorate, conducted the Assessment of the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) Implementation Status of the World Trade Organization-Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) on 28-29 March 2022, in Manila.
In its bid to collect additional lawful revenues through post clearance audit, the Bureau of Customs through the Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG) reports its 1st quarter accomplishment on additional revenue collections for the period January to March 2022.
