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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...
Implementation of PH fuel marking program starts
The Department of Finance (DOF), Bureau of Customs (BOC), and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) conducted August 2 the first live marking...
Upgraded ASEAN-China FTA protocol effective Aug in PH
The protocol upgrading the economic cooperation agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China will be implemented next month,...
EO extends to 3 years zero duty on PH imports of...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on July 19 signed Executive Order (EO) No. 85, series of 2019, which extended for three years the application...
PH Customs set to implement EU’s Registered Exporters’ scheme
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is ready to implement the European Union Registered Exporters (REX) system for certifying the origin of...
PH Customs outlines procedures for handling alert, pre-lodgment control orders
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) has released procedures for the issuance and processing of the pre-lodgment control order (PLCO) and alert...
WTO panel rules in favor of PH vs Thailand on cigarette...
A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has upheld on July 12 Philippine claims that Thailand violated the WTO...
Third party providers now require PH customs registration
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) will supervise and regulate third-party service providers transacting on behalf of importers and consignees by requiring...
PH Customs to levy safeguard duty on ceramic floor, wall tile...
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is imposing provisional safeguard duty on imported ceramic floor and wall tiles for 200 days to protect...
PH fuel marking program implementing rules issued
The Philippine government has finally released implementing guidelines for the fuel marking program designed to curb oil smuggling and plug revenue losses...
