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By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News Published May 9, 2021 3:32pm The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized some P316-million worth of goods, including frozen meat and fake goods, illegally shipped into the Philippines. According to the BOC, the apprehended shipments included P16 million worth of frozen meat, Peking duck, and black duck from a storage facility in Navotas City. Some P300-million worth of items that infringed on intellectual property rights were likewise found in storage facilitie...

Some P16 million worth of smuggled meat ended up in the hands of Bureau of Customs (BOC) operatives over the weekend, the agency said in a statement Sunday, May 9. Yielding the contraband during an operation on Friday, May 7 was a storage facility located in Navotas City. Seized were frozen peking

Published May 8, 2021, 3:40 PM Instead of paper products, boxes of cigarettes amounting to P20.37 million was found in a shipment from China which was transported to the country through the Port of Manila, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) said Saturday, May 8. SMUGGLED CIGARETTES FOILED — A shipment only declared as papers but turned out to contain cigarettes worth P20.37 million from China was intercepted at the Port of Manila on May 6, 2021. (Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Customs) Customs age...

Published April 23, 2021, 10:12 AM Everything gets faked nowadays, even face masks and respirators. The Bureau of Customers (BOC) reported on Friday, April 23 the confiscation of some P65 million worth of fake face masks, respirators, counterfeit luxury items, lotions, creams, cosmetics, and electronic items. The BOC said the operation took place Thursday, April 22 at a storage facility in Binondo, Manila. Smuggled medical supplies, including the popular Aidelai face masks, which have not been ...

BusinessWorld April 21, 2021 | 7:54 pm REUTERS PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has asked the Senate to give his executive order (EO) lowering tariffs on imported pork a chance to stabilize the supply of pork after the drastic reduction in hog numbers due to the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak. Mr. Duterte is “asking the esteemed members of the Senate to give EO 128 a chance and consider its intended effects, which include addressing the shortage (of pork), stabilizing prices�...

By TED CORDERO, GMA News Published April 16, 2021 11:34am Operatives of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Port of Zamboanga have seized millions of pesos worth of smuggled cigarettes. In a statement on Friday, the BOC said it intercepted 300 cases of smuggled cigarettes worth P10.6 million aboard MB Princess Amina, off the waters of Barangay Sinunuc, Zamboanga City. The interception was done by the BOC-Port of Zamboanga, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Services (CIIS), and Enforc...

Published April 7, 2021, 1:07 PM Who knew that selling off overstaying container vans could be so lucrative? The Bureau of Customs  (BOC) has gained over P138 million in additional revenue after auctioning off hundreds of overstaying containers at the country ports, it was learned Wednesday, April 7. (MANILA BULLETIN) A total of P138,535,866 was collected by the bureau during the first quarter of 2021 from the public auction and condemnation of 586 overstaying containers. Of the figure, 354 o...

Published March 15, 2021, 9:11 PM The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has slapped charges of smuggling against importers that brought in various branded medicines and printing equipment in the country in August 2020. The agency bared in a statement Monday, March 15 that it filed the criminal charges last March 12 before the Department of Justice (DOJ). Facilitating the filing of the cases were the bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS) together with personnel from the Port of Manila and Man...

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(BOC) The cases were lodged late last month by the Bureau’s Action Team Against Smugglers (BATAS) before the Department of Justice (DOJ). The first case is against Mountain View Multi-Purpose Cooperative for the alleged unlawful importation and misdeclaration of various agricultural products, with a total value of P7,252,561.85 on July 13, 2020 at the Port of Subic. MBS Cargo Movers Co. was also charged for the alleged unlawful importation and misdeclaration of cigarettes, with a total value ...