Published May 8, 2021, 5:21 PM
The Bureau of Customs (BOC)’s Port of NAIA cleared two shipments containing around 3.5 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, it announced Saturday, May 8.
Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said those cleared were 1.5 million doses of CoronaVac vaccines made by Sinovac Biotech from China and 2,030,400 doses of AstraZeneca jabs from British-Swedish manufacturer Oxford-AstraZeneca.
The Sinovac vaccines arrived in the country from Beijing on Friday while the AstraZeneca jabs were delivered from Netherlands a day after.
“Both shipments underwent Customs pre-clearance processes prior to their arrival and facilitated through the NAIA One Stop Shop,” the Port of NAIA said in a statement.
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State of calamity on ASF just waiting for President s approval
OVER a month since the Senate passed resolution urging the declaration of a state of calamity due to the African swine fever (ASF) which is needed to free up funds to address the disease, government officials say that a resolution has already been cleared for approval of the President.
The Senate Committee of the Whole convened for the third time on Tuesday to discuss the ASF outbreak, of which estimates show over P60 billion worth of damages has already been incurred by the local hog industry. Our concern precisely is that the bureaucracy hopefully can act faster because the Senate Committee on Agriculture already endorsed this March 9, and it s already April 17. If it s a state of calamity declaration, one would like to think we should act swiftly, Pangilinan said.
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The former chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) on Monday denied issuing permits for the importation of pork products from countries affected by African swine fever (ASF) despite the existence of several memorandum orders banning the issuance of such permits.
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 overstaying cargoes that contained various goods such as rice and galvanized steel were auctioned off, while the remaining 232 containers were disposed of.
Sections 1139 and 1141 of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) provides for the conditions and modes of disposition of overstaying containers for as long as they are abandoned or seized.