Cebu Customs: P460M smuggled goods confiscated in 2020

Morexette Marie B. Erram 01/15/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Smuggled, misdeclared, undeclared, misclassified and undervalued goods worth a total of P460 million were intercepted at the Port of Cebu for the entire 2020. The Bureau of Customs in Cebu (BOC-Cebu), in a…

Port of Cebu reports P3.33B 2020 collection surplus

Doris C. Bongcac 01/02/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Despite the pandemic, the Bureau of Customs Port of Cebu still managed to earn a revenue surplus of P3.33 billion in 2020. In a report that was posted on BOC Port of Cebu’s…

Import duties, taxes up in October

Ben O. de Vera 11/04/2020

  The Bureau of Customs (BOC) collected P50.9 billion in import duties and other taxes in October, exceeding its downscaled revenue goal for the fifth straight month. While the BOC’s actual collection was 5.2-percent higher than the…

BOC Port of Cebu exceeds October collection target

Doris C. Bongcac 11/01/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Bureau of Customs in the Port of Cebu earned P37.9 million more than its collection target of P2.85 billion for the month of October. It earned a total of P2.88 billion this…

BOC finds 119 smuggled live tarantulas hidden in rubber shoes

Cathrine Gonzales - Reporter / @cgonzalesINQ 10/30/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport intercepted a package containing 119 live tarantulas that were hidden inside rubber shoes in a warehouse in Pasay City. The parcel…

Tax collections down in Q1 due to COVID-19

Ben O. de Vera - Philippine Daily Inquirer 04/20/2020

The first-quarter tax collections of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) not only declined but also slid below target as the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting quarantine imposed since mid-March hurt domestic…

Consignee, broker face charges over misdeclared luxury vehicle shipment from Japan

Irene R. Sino Cruz 07/22/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Bureau of Customs has filed charges against a Manila-based consignee and a licensed broker for the misdeclaration of four luxury vehicle shipment that arrived at the Port of Cebu on December 19, 2018. A…

ACCRALAW associate is new BOC Port of Cebu district collector

Doris C. Bongcac 07/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Lawyer Charlito Martin Mendoza assumed the office of the district collector of the port of Cebu on Monday, July 1. Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero presided over Mendoza’s installation…

Australian Ambassador: 7 containers shipped to Mindanao contains recycled materials not wastes

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–Australian Ambassador Steven Robinson said that the seven 40-footer container vans that came from their country and arrived in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on May 7, 2019 did not contain wastes as reported by the local…

Undeclared items seized by BOC Cebu waiting for disposition

Irene R. Sino Cruz 05/20/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Bureau of Customs Port of Cebu will soon dispose undeclared personal effects, mostly branded footwear, which they seized from a traveler who arrived in Cebu from China on March 26, 2019. The personal effects…

BOC issues alert order against shipment containing four luxury vehicles from Japan

Delta Dyrecka C. Letigio 01/05/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) in Cebu has issued an alert order against four misdeclared luxury cars that were shipped from Japan and that arrived at the ports of Cebu on December 19.…

BOC Steps Up Anti-Corruption Drive Via 1-Assessment  

PR 11/21/2018

  The good men and women of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) remain steadfast in their commitment to get rid of corruption and rehabilitate the BOC.  This was the core message of Deputy Commissioner Jeffrey Dy, Head…

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