Tag: Customs

  • BOC Automation: New Processes Enabling Trade Facilitation

    BOC Automation: New Processes Enabling Trade Facilitation

    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…

  • Administrative Order No. 13-2018

    Administrative Order No. 13-2018

    Removing Non-Tariff Barriers and Streamlining Administrative Procedures on the Importation of Agricultural Products

  • Reactivation of Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG)

    Reactivation of Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG)

    In October 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte issued Executive Order (EO) No. 46 reviving the Bureau of Customs Post Clearance Audit Group (BOC-PCAG). In 2013, the audit function of the BOC was transferred to the Fiscal Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Department of Finance pursuant to EO No. 155 series of 2013. Republic Act (RA) No.…

  • Visayas-Mindanao Shipping Conference 2018

    Visayas-Mindanao Shipping Conference 2018

    Photo by PortCalls Asia. The Visayas Shipping Conference 2018 held at Waterfront Airport Hotel and Casino in Mactan, Cebu and the 3rd Mindanao Shipping Conference 2018 held at Waterfront Insular Hotel in Davao on August 2 and 3, respectively, were jointly organized by PortCalls and Asia Customs & Trade. The conferences tackled trade prospects and…

  • BOC seeks forfeiture of P584M Skyjet aircraft over unpaid duties

    BOC seeks forfeiture of P584M Skyjet aircraft over unpaid duties

    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

    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