(Photo courtesy of BOC) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) intercepted on Tuesday unmarked fuel found to have a deficient fuel marker level indicating the lack of the necessary duties and taxes. In a statement, the bureau said the operation was conducted in the early hours of the day after its field office in the Port of Batangas received derogatory information from the agency's Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS) about the possible presence of unmarked fuel in the crude oil tanker VOI MT Harmony Star. Assisted by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Substation Mabini, BOC operatives were able to locate the subject vessel in the vicinity of Barangay Mainaga in Mabini town, where they found two parked trucks loading fuel into a vessel that was more or less 30 meters away from the shoreline. It added that an initial test was done on one of the trucks and resulted in a .02 percentage fuel marker, an inert chemical added to fuel after the payment of duties and taxes. Th
Joint intelligence operatives of the Bureau of Customs and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) have intercepted almost P2.5 million worth of shabu in three parcels that arrived in the country from three countries.
BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the parcels containing then illega
The Bureau of Customs, the government’s second largest tax collection agency, said it has exceeded its collection target for January due to heightened border controls and strengthened anti-smuggling program.
In a statement, Customs Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the bureau’s revenue haul
(Infographics courtesy of BOC) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has recorded a surplus of 11.79 percent or PHP7.415 billion in its January 2023 revenue target. Based on a preliminary report released on Friday, the bureau collected a total PHP70.327 billion last month, exceeding its target revenue at PHP62.911 billion. The collection is 20.53 percent or PHP11.98 billion higher than the revenue posted during the same month in 2022 at PHP58.346 billion. At the same time, the BOC reported that for January 2023, it has conducted 36 apprehensions in the different ports. It translated to the seizure of approximately PHP908.137 million worth of various commodities in violation of the Republic Act 10863 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA). Among the seized goods were PHP794.463 million worth of smuggled agricultural products and PHP104.833 million worth of illegal drugs. Under the leadership of Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz, the bureau sustains its positive performance by he
Agents of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) have discovered some P10.36 million worth of ketamine during a controlled delivery operation in Pasig City.
BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the claimant of the package, a Chinese national, was arrested after receiving the three acupoint massage twister