Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez Iii Manila President Rodrigo Duterte Will Turn Over To The Next Administrationa More Modernized And Sophisticated Customs Bureau That Has Transformed Intoa Highly Efficient Agency Automated Majority Of Its Processes On His Watch News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte will turn over to the next administration a more modernized and sophisticated customs bureau that has transformed into a highly efficient agency and automated the majority of its processes on his watch, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said Wednesday. On the occasion of the Bureau of Customs' (BOC) 120th founding anniversary, Dominguez congratulated the agency under the leadership of Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero for accelerating its digital transformation and performing "exceedingly well" even amid the last two difficult years of the pandemic. Dominguez said that even with the constraints imposed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis, the BOC's revenue collection in 2021 grew by 20 percent compared to 2020, and surpassed its collection target last year by 4 percent. Its 2021 collection of PHP645.76 billion based on preliminary data was even higher than its pre-pandemic co