The Bureau of Customs (BOC) and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) completed the roll-out of the e-Travel Customs System in all international airports. With this, all arriving and departing passengers can now fill-out the electronic Customs Baggage Declaration Form (e-CBDF) and electronic Currencies Declaration Form (e-CDF), as applicable, using the e-Travel website at https://etravel.gov.ph/ or by downloading the eGovPH application within 72 hours [three (3) days] prior to arrival into or departure from the Philippines.

The Bureau of Customs – Manila International Container Port (BOC-MICP), in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), successfully intercepted a shipment from Thailand suspected to contain illegal drugs, which were declared as household items, shoes, and motor parts.

In a joint operation, the Bureau of Customs – Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA), with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the NAIA Inter-Agency Drug Interdiction Task Group (NAIA-IADITG), intercepted a shipment containing ecstasy with estimated value of PhP68 million.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through Port of Cagayan de Oro District Collector Alexandra Y. Lumontad, issued a Warrant of Seizure and Detention (WSD) against a Liberian-flagged cargo ship, M/V Ohshu Maru, on 03 May 2024.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has surpassed its revenue collection performance for April 2024, exceeding its target by PhP 3.192 billion. Preliminary reports indicate that the BOC has collected a total of PhP 80.822 billion, surpassing its goal of PhP 77.630 billion.

The Bureau of Customs – Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA), through its intensified border security measures, intercepted 2,536 grams of Marijuana or Kush and 70 pieces of vape pens containing cannabis oil with an aggregate estimated value of P3,554,600 concealed inside five (5) parcels declared as car seat cover, coffee mugs, and books from USA and Canada.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the Manila International Container Port (MICP), has intercepted a shipment from Thailand that contained dried marijuana, also known as kush, with an estimated value of approximately PhP 29,499,400.00.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC), in its effort to strengthen existing trade facilitation efforts and mechanism, convened the 7th Trade Facilitation Working Group Meeting under the ARISE Plus Philippines Project via virtual conference on April 18, 2024.

The Bureau of Customs – Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) intercepted smuggled spiderlings, at the Central Mail Exchange Center (CMEC) on 16 April 2024.

In line with its mission to enhance collection performance, streamline trade processes, and reinforce border security, for the first quarter of 2024 the Bureau of Customs (BOC) remarkably delivered breakthrough results as aligned to Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio’s five-point priority programs for the current year.