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Events

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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Press Releases

Global trade hits record high in 2025 – UNCTAD

Goods and services traded globally reached more than $35 trillion in 2025 This was a record high as the international commercial landscape is...

Opinion

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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Global trade hits record high in 2025 as commercial landscape shifts - UNCTAD

Global trade hits record high in 2025 – UNCTAD

Goods and services traded globally reached more than $35 trillion in 2025 This was a record high as the international commercial landscape is...
WTO projects slower global trade in Q4

WTO projects slower global trade growth in Q4

Global trade volume is expected to continue growing in the fourth quarter this year although at a slower pace than in the first...
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...