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Registration of strategic goods shippers, service providers a PH requirement from...
The Philippine Strategic Trade Management Office (STMO) recently released implementing guidelines for the registration of traders, transport companies, and other service providers that import,...
PH fuel marking system full steam ahead in 2019
The Philippine government will finally implement next year its fuel marking system to curb oil smuggling and plug revenue losses from illegal importation and...
PH Customs places all chemical imports under alert
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has ordered all chemical shipments entering the Philippines be placed on alert status as requested by the Philippine Drug...
Highly trained customs workforce key to trade reform success—WB
Educating customs officials and customs brokers through regular training is positively associated with lower border and documentary compliance times, according to a recent case...
Phase 2 of 1-Assessment kicks off at 11 PH ports
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now implementing the second phase of its enhanced goods declaration verification system at the ports of Batangas,...
SICPA and SGS Phils JV secure fuel marking project
The joint venture of Swiss-based SICPA SA and SGS Philippines, Inc. has won the contract to provide a fuel marking program for the Philippine...
Military to temporarily take over PH Customs
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said the military will take over operations at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) as he reiterated that all officials and...
PH Customs rules on 1-Assessment out
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released guidelines for the nationwide implementation of 1-Assessment, a web-based queue management application that provides bias-free assessment...
Customs issues rules implementing PH-EFTA free trade agreement
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released guidelines on the implementation of the free trade agreement (FTA) between the country and the European...
GPS-based container monitoring scheme in PH begins in Oct
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is set to implement in all Philippine ports by October a GPS-based container tracking system that will ensure...
