ACT Admin
PH Customs to commence audit of firms with release of post-clearance...
Philippine companies will now have to be ready for a potential customs audit with the signing of a Bureau of Customs (BOC)...
PH Customs implements TRAIN Law’s second tranche
New rates for several Philippine commodities including fuel, tobacco and alcoholic beverages covered under the second tranche of the Tax Reform for...
BOC to purchase 50 x-ray machines worth P1.2B
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is adding within the year 50 new x-ray machines in various airports and seaports to the...
PH guide for strategic goods classification rolled out
The Philippine Strategic Trade Management Office (STMO) has released guidelines for classifying strategic goods, whose import, export, transit, and transshipment now require...
PH Customs to implement pre-lodgement control order on goods with derogatory...
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) will adopt an entirely new system for the issuance and processing of the pre-lodgement control order...
PH MSMEs fare better when exporting to non-ASEAN countries—report
Philippine micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) exhibit better survival rates when they export to non-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries than...
PH Customs renews order requiring list of importables
Philippine Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero again ordered the firm implementation of a ruling requiring a list of expected imports from importers...
BOC tweaks accreditation rules for importers, customs brokers
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued an order that further revises and provides more details to accreditation guidelines for importers and...
PH Customs tightens controls on goods declaration lodgement, valuation
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has issued new directives on the lodgement of goods declaration and on valuation to improve revenue...
ASEAN firms stand to gain from trade war if they act...
The Philippines and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-states could benefit from the ongoing trade war between China and the US, but...
