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Various issues weigh on PH customs as it drafts e-commerce rules

As the Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) drafts its rules on cross-border e-commerce, it finds itself confronted with a multitude of potential...

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All About the PH Rice Tariffication Act

By March 5, Philippine Republic Act No. 11203 (Rice Tariffication Act) should have taken effect. In theory, the new law should reduce...

New PH Rules on Customs Audit and Prior Disclosure

IT’S been more than 2 years since the passage of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) and finally, the new rules...

What Will You Buy? How Will You Source?

In recent years, digital commerce has grown tremendously and this has greatly affected how people conduct their trading transactions. We all have heard of...

The Trade Compliance Profession

Except for a brief stint in government, I have been in the trade compliance profession for more than 15 years. In all those years,...

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Trade policy uncertainty looms over global markets –  UNCTAD

Trade policy uncertainty looms over global markets –  UNCTAD

Trade policy uncertainty has become a major source of global instability, according to the UN Trade & Development global trade update for Sept...
Global cargo supply chain heavily infiltrated by illicit drugs - WCO

Global cargo supply chain heavily infiltrated by illicit drugs – WCO

The global cargo supply chain has been heavily infiltrated by illegal drugs, according to a recent World Customs Organization report Over two-thirds of...
WCO releases updated data model for more harmonized customs procedures

WCO releases updated data model for more harmonized customs procedures

The World Customs Organization recently released the WCO Data Model Version 4.2.0 The latest version has two critical data sets: Customs Bonds and...