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Warning: Here Comes An Empowered Customs Audit Group
Malacañang has recently issued Executive Order (EO) No. 46 (dated October 20, 2017) entitled “Reviving the Post Clearance Audit Function of the Philippine Bureau...
GATT marks seven decades
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is 70 years old.
On 30 October 1947, 23 countries signed the Final Act of the GATT. Devised...
Import/Export Management: What You Need to Know (Part 2)
This is the last of a two-part column. For the first part, click here.
Study Incoterms 2010. International Commercial Terms (Incoterms) provides the international standard for...
Port of Manila pilots status verification system for entry documents
Stakeholders of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) transacting with Port of Manila (POM) can now monitor the status of entry documents submitted to the...
UN report assesses implementation rate of trade facilitation measures
The global implementation rate of measures on trade facilitation and paperless trade is picking up, although challenges persist, according to a new report launched...
Asia-Pacific export volume to improve modestly in 2018 amid risks, says...
As global and regional demand recovers, export volume of the Asia-Pacific region is expected to expand in 2017, but growth is seen to slow...
Sri Lanka adopts WCO’s National Customs Enforcement Network app
Sri Lanka has become the fifth country in the Asia-Pacific region to adopt the National Customs Enforcement Network (nCEN) application, according to the World...
WCO welcomes WTO Trade Facilitation Committee chair
The World Customs Organization (WCO) recently hosted a working lunch for Daniel Blockert, Chairperson of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Committee and Swedish Ambassador...
PH President orders return of post-clearance audit to Customs
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has revived the post-clearance audit function and returned it to the Bureau of Customs (BOC) from the Department of Finance...
Vietnam revises directive regulating alcohol imports
The Vietnamese government has issued new guidelines governing alcohol trading, particularly concerning importing the substance, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
The agency...
