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Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno is advancing significant reforms at the Bureau of Customs (BOC) by extending the validity of importer accreditation to three years. This proactive measure, in direct response to stakeholder sentiments and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to improve ease of doing business, updates Customs Administrative Order No. 07-2022. This amendment extends the accreditation […]
Determined to protect the country’s food security and agricultural sector, the Bureau of Customs (BOC), under the leadership of Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno, is advancing a multi-pronged approach to eliminate agricultural smuggling. These efforts include the full automation of customs processes, the proposed implementation of a Pre-Shipment Survey mechanism, and the strict enforcement of the Anti-Agricultural […]
Demonstrating his firm commitment to enforcement and border security, Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno led the inspection of a consolidated shipment found to contain illegal drugs at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) recently. The BOC, acting on credible intelligence, issued an Alert Order on a 1×40-ft container declared as balikbayan boxes. A […]
In a bold step to restore integrity and public trust in the Bureau of Customs (BOC), Customs Commissioner Ariel F. Nepomuceno, on 10 July 2025, issued a memorandum strictly prohibiting all BOC officials, employees, and personnel from holding any business or financial interest in Customs Brokerage operations. Nepomuceno’s order was in response to the call […]
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. led various agencies in inspecting 10 container vans flagged on suspicion they are loaded with smuggled agricultural commodities, potentially the biggest single seizure under the newly enacted Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act. The Bureau of Customs clarified the total of flagged containers van is 52, not 59 as initially reported […]
The Department of Agriculture expressed appreciation to the prompt action of Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) and Bureau of Customs (BOC) to ease the swift movement of imported agricultural products to increase supply in the market and lower prices for Filipino consumers. The PPA said recently that hundreds of container vans loaded with food products, including […]
The Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Customs thwarted anew the illegal importation agricultural products, an unfair trade practice that poses a threat to public health and domestic agriculture. The BOC seized at the Manila International Container Port a shipment from Thailand of 3,200 cartons of fresh oranges worth P8.422 million that the DA’s […]
Representatives from the Food Safety Regulatory Agencies of the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Customs conducted a follow-up inspection of the Vigour Global Logistic Corp. in Kawit, Cavite recently. The property, first raided on May 31, revealed illegal activities within the premises. The composite team discovered that the warehouse leased by Vigour Global […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) formally received 4,000 metric tons (MT) of white refined sugar from the Department of Finance – Bureau of Customs (DOF-BOC) to be sold at various KADIWA markets and stalls. The sugar, which was shipped from Thailand, was seized at the Port of Batangas last April for lack of proper documents, […]
Consistent with the policy directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to bolster the government’s campaign against agricultural smuggling, the Department of Agriculture-Inspectorate and Enforcement Office led the inspection of 58 container vans offloaded at the Port of Subic, which were placed on alert mode. The operation conducted recently in partnership with the Bureau of Customs (BOC), […]