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.
Through intensified intelligence sharing and cooperation, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) has foiled a smuggling attempt of cigarettes from China in Mindanao Container Terminal, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on Jan. 20, 2022.
In line with the agency’s intensified efforts to exhibit enhanced performance and quality service, the 1st Internal Quality Audit initiated by the Port of NAIA-Quality Management Unit (QMU) was conducted last January 17-19, 2022 to discuss its preparations on the additional 6 customs processes for ISO Certification at the NAIA Customhouse in Pasay City.
In its campaign against illegal smuggling, the Bureau of Customs (BOC), through the X-ray Inspection Project (XIP), was able to scan a total of 66,379 shipments containing various agricultural products in 2021.
To protect the government from risks of loss to revenue collection and reputational losses, the Bureau of Customs issues Customs Memorandum Order No. 01-2022 with subject “Bureau of Customs Information Security Policy”.
To protect the government from risks of loss to revenue collection and reputational losses, the Bureau of Customs issues Customs Memorandum Order No. 01-2022 with subject “Bureau of Customs Information Security Policy”.
