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Smuggled luxe vehicles will be condemned, not auctioned in PH
In compliance with the directive of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, the Bureau of Customs (BOC) will condemn rather than auction off seized smuggled luxury...
WCO, China Customs hold first global cross-border e-commerce summit
The First Global Cross-Border E-Commerce Conference, co-hosted by the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the General Administration of China Customs (GACC), has recognized the...
IMF has positive outlook on Indonesian economy
The Indonesian economy continues to perform well, garnering a positive outlook for the medium term from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The Southeast Asian country’s...
Singapore signs open skies deal with Kiribati
Singapore has concluded an open skies agreement with Kiribati, liberalizing services between the Southeast Asian country and the sovereign state in the central Pacific...
E-commerce booming in SE Asia, reports white paper
A new report on e-commerce in Southeast Asia (SEA) has released a number of key findings on the region, including those on mobile traffic,...
Oil, auto, steel, agri sectors on top of PH Customs audit...
The Philippine Bureau of Customs’ (BOC) reactivated unit, Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG), has begun to identify importers and industries to investigate as it...
PH test link to ASEAN Single Window successful, says DOF
Initial tests to assess the Philippines’ interconnection with other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) economies, starting with Indonesia, via the ASEAN Single Window...
PH Customs destroys smuggled luxury cars worth more than P61M
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) destroyed on Feb 6 a total of 30 smuggled luxury vehicles, with a value of more than P61 million,...
China donates $1M to support Trade Facilitation Agreement implementation
China is contributing US$1 million (approximately CHF 1 million) to help developing and least-developed countries implement the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement and to support...
New OECD data warns of increasing restrictions to services trade
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released its latest update to the Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI), which includes 2017 data on policy...
