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  • ASEAN Firms Stand To Gain From Trade War If They Act Now—Trade And Customs Expert

    ASEAN Firms Stand To Gain From Trade War If They Act Now—Trade And Customs Expert

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    Angelia Chew, co-founder and managing partner of Singapore-based AC Trade Advisory, at the recent seminar on “Managing International Trade in the Philippines and Beyond in Asia Pacific” organized by PortCalls and Asia Customs & Trade. By Portcalls The Philippines and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-states could benefit from the ongoing trade war…

  • Managing International Trade in the Philippines and Beyond in the Asia Pacific

    Managing International Trade in the Philippines and Beyond in the Asia Pacific

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    Managing International Trade in the Philippines and Beyond in the Asia Pacific seminar organized by PortCalls and Asia Customs & Trade was held at Shangri-la Makati on November 16. The seminar focused on ensuring trade compliance, and identifying cost efficiencies and duty savings for businesses. Speakers for the event included WCi partner Atty. Agaton Teodoro Uvero, chairman of Asia Customs & Trade and…

  • BOC Defers 1-Assessment Implementation At Key PH Ports

    BOC Defers 1-Assessment Implementation At Key PH Ports

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    By: Portcalls Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña has agreed to defer implementation of 1-Assessment, also called the Electronic Goods Declaration and Verification System (EGDVS), at the Port of Manila, Manila International Container Port, Port of Cebu and Port of Davao until early 2019. The decision follows a request for deferment by the Chamber of Customs Brokers,…

  • BOC Automation: New Processes Enabling Trade Facilitation

    BOC Automation: New Processes Enabling Trade Facilitation

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    Speakers deputy commissioner Jeffrey Ian Dy and information officer Lisa Absalon (fourth and fifth from left) with (L to R) PortCalls and Asia Customs & Trade publisher Liza P. Almonte, and guests (L to R) Chamber of Customs Brokers Inc president Atty Ferdinand Randy Nague, Subic-Clark Alliance for Development (SCAD) executive director Linda Bondoc Pamintuan, CDEC CEO and PortCalls columnist Leo…

  • BOC reissues order to form unit on tariff reduction availment under FTA

    BOC reissues order to form unit on tariff reduction availment under FTA

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    By Portcalls Asia The Bureau of Customs (BOC) reiterated its directive to officials to establish, activate, or reconstitute a preferential rate unit (PRU) in their ports to prevent unqualified shipments from availing of tariff preferences under the Philippines’ free trade agreements (FTAs). BOC’s Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group (AOCG) deputy commissioner Edward James Dy Buco,…

  • BOC seeks forfeiture of P584M Skyjet aircraft over unpaid duties

    BOC seeks forfeiture of P584M Skyjet aircraft over unpaid duties

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    By PortCalls Asia The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has announced its decision to forfeit in favor of the Philippine government a P583.58-million aircraft of Skyjet after the leisure airline failed to pay import duties and taxes on the aircraft. This is despite a motion for reconsideration filed by Skyjet operator Magnum Air, Inc. with the…

  • Seminar on Customs and Tax Issues for PEZA Companies

    Seminar on Customs and Tax Issues for PEZA Companies

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    Asia Customs & Trade and PortCalls Asia organized the Customs and Tax Issues for PEZA Companies Seminar on April 20 at Acacia Hotel, with Attys Ags Uvero, Lea Roque and Emer Aceron as guest speakers, and Dexter Pedereza as moderator.   All photos from PortCalls Asia Facebook page