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MANILA - Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said several reforms initiated by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) under his leadership have helped improve the collection efficiency of the agency and ably assisted in the Duterte administration's sustained efforts to curb agricultural smuggling. These reforms, among others, include, automating 82 percent of the 170 processes in the BOC to reduce human intervention that provides opportunities for corruption. Guerrero cited the BOC's accomplishments on his watch as he vehemently denied unfounded allegations linking him to the smuggling of agricultural products. "The Senate Committee report citing me as one of the government officials involved in agricultural smuggling also contains the numerous accomplishments of BOC in its campaign against agricultural smuggling, and the adoption of the executive recommendations, which I directed," he said. Among these recommendations implemented by the BOC are the strengthened inter-agency coll