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Customs Sues Corals And Marine Wildlife Traders

April 3, 2011

The Bureau of Customs has lowered the boom on the rapists of the ocean.

In a complaint filed today with the Department of Justice, Customs Commissioner Angelito Alvarez charged the owner, consignee, shippers and haulers of the P35 million worth of black corals and other endangered marine species which the BOC intercepted last month at the Eva Macapagal Domestic Terminal Container Yard of the Port of Manila.

Customs Nets Biggest Sugar Seizure

April 2, 2011

Customs Commissioner Angelito Alvarez ordered today the seizure of a huge volume of smuggled sugar which were found by customs intelligence operatives in the same industrial compound in Bulacan where some 26,000 bags of smuggled onions from China and India were confiscated only a week ago.

Customs Transforms La Union Port into Regional Hub for Containerized Cargoes

April 2, 2011

The long slumbering Port of San Fernando in La Union, utilized mainly by rice, coal and fertilizer shippers, will soon become a hub for the fast, safe, cost-efficient and convenient movement of containerized cargoes in Region I.

P300-Million Fake Goods Destroyed

April 1, 2011

Thousands of counterfeit goods were destroyed this morning as the Bureau of Customs conducted one of its biggest condemnations of confiscated smuggled products this early in the year.

Customs Exceeds January Collection Target

April 1, 2011

The Bureau of Customs collected P20.224 billion in duties and taxes in January, exceeding by P216 million its assigned revenue goal for the month.

Customs Rewards Ethical Importers With Upgraded Super Green Lane Privileges

April 30, 2010

The Bureau of Customs has found a way to reward importers who adhere to ethical business practices.

Dummies of Oil Smugglers Charged

April 29, 2010

The BOC filed smuggling charges today against the General Manager and a major stockholder of a small, under-capitalized company that was able to import nearly P8.5 billion worth of petroleum products between March 2009 and September this year.

50 Million Pesos Worth of Wheat Flour, Ten-Wheeler Trucks, Frozen Mackerels Seized

April 29, 2010

Twenty containers of wheat flour misdeclared as General Merchandise items, Two units of Isuzu ten-wheeler trucks, two containers of frozen mackerel and a container of amplifiers misdeclared as footwear are among the illegally imported commodities valued at 50 million pesos that the Bureau of Customs confiscated today.

Customs Nets Biggest Haul of Shabu Chemicals

April 25, 2010

Customs Commissioner Lito Alvarez announced today the seizure of 32 drums of toluene, a controlled substance that narcotics chemists could have used to produce two (2) tons of shabu with an estimated street value of P1.5 billion.

“Ukay-Ukay” Worth P12-M Seized

April 24, 2010

P12-million worth of mixed used clothing, popularly known as “ukay-ukay”, were seized by the Bureau of Customs today.

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