Page 25 - Customs Modernization News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

CIGARETTES. Bureau of Customs-Cagayan de Oro foils an attempt to smuggle two shipments of cigarettes from China worth P160 million and declared as "personal effects." The 2,000 master cases of cigarettes were shipped in two container vans. (Photo from BOC-CDO.) MANILA -- The Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Cagayan de Oro recently foiled an attempt to smuggle two containers of cigarettes valued at PHP160 million. In a statement, District Collector Alexandra Yap-Lumontad said the shipments underwenta spot-check examination at the Mindanao Container Terminal Port, PHIVIDEC Compound in T...

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has signed an executive order (EO) maintaining the temporary modification of import duty rates on mechanically deboned meat of chicken and turkey. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) “There is a need to maintain the

MANILA - President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has approved the temporary modification of tariff rates on imported electric vehicles (EV), parts and components, to boost the EV market in the country. Marcos on Jan. 13 inked Executive Order (EO) 12 after the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board on Nov. 24, 2022 endorsed the temporary reduction of the Most-Favored Nation (MFN) tariff rates on certain EVs and their parts and components for five years. Under EO 12, the MFN tariff rates on completely built up units of certain EVs such as passenger cars, buses, minibuses, vans, truck...

Philippines warns travelers not to bring in veggies, fruits without clearance-

Ten flight attendants were recently in hot water after the Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized 40 kilograms of onions and fruits from their luggage.  BOC