As part of the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) drive against smuggling, the BOC-Port of Manila (BOC-POM) through the Port’s Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service Field Office (CIIS) and Enforcement and Security Service seized (ESS) seized approximately Php500 million to Php600 million worth of counterfeit goods, Chinese food and beverages, and medical protective masks.

To fulfill one of the requirements of the Performance Governance System (PGS) Framework for its Proficiency Stage, the Office for Strategy Management (OSM) representatives of the Intelligence Group (IG), together with its local OSM, and in coordination with the members of its Multi-Sector Advisory Council (MSAC), conducted a governance sharing activity with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to further enhance the intelligence capability of its personnel in maritime security on October 21, 2021, at the OCOM Conference Room and via Zoom Teleconference.

The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Cebu, headed by District Collector Charlito Martin Mendoza, generated a total amount of Php17,757,500.00 from the public auction of 96 containers of various forfeited articles last Thursday, 21 October 2021.

On October 22, 2021, a composite team from the Bureau of Customs-Manila International Container Port (BOC-MICP), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) inspected a warehouse in Binondo, Manila resulting to seizure of various Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) infringing goods.

As part of the Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) efforts to curb corruption, the Bureau will be completing the deployment of the Automated Routing and Monitoring System (ARMS) for goods declarations by November 2021.

As the Bureau of Customs (BOC) continuously implements its mandate to mark fully paid imported petroleum products under the Fuel Marking Program, the Enforcement and Security Service (ESS) and the Fuel Marking Team continuously conducts checkpoints at Roman Highway, Brgy. Daang Pari, Orion Bataan, to sternly check the compliance of Oil importers and stakeholders.

On October 22, 2021, a composite team of the Bureau of Customs-Manila International Container Port, National Bureau of Investigation, and Philippine Coast Guard conducted a follow-up operation in a showroom in Xavierville, Loyola Heights, Quezon City suspected to be storing alleged smuggled luxury cars and other motor vehicles with an estimated value of Php60,000,000.

As part of the continuing efforts to curb smuggling and illicit trade, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) – Port of Subic condemned a total of sixty (60) 40-footer container shipments of assorted agricultural products on October 25, 2021.

In line with the memorandum of the Commissioner on providing stakeholders with current information on Customs’ policies and reforms, the Manila International Container Port (MICP) conducted its 3rd Quarterly Webinar on 15 October 2021 via zoom platform.

As part of Bureau of Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero’s drive to enhance trade facilitation efforts, the Port of NAIA on October 21, 2021, conducted a webinar with the Bureau of Animal Industry, Bureau of Plant Industry and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.