Agents of the Bureau of Customs based in Zamboanga City have confiscated around P18.6 million of onions believed to have been smuggled into the country.
In a statement, BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the onions were found inside a vessel, MV Princess Nurdisza, that was intercepted off the
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has surpassed its revenue collection target four days before the end of January this year.
In a statement, BOC Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz said the target revenue collection for January is P58.822 billion but on Jan. 27. he said the revenue collection was already at
(Infographics from BOC) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported that it surpassed its revenue collection target for January. Based on the preliminary report released Monday night, the BOC has collected PHP65.801 billion from Jan. 1 to 27 alone. The initial collection for the year was higher by 11.9 percent or PHP6.98 billion. The BOC said this month's target revenue collection is PHP58.822 billion. The amount is also higher by 13.1 percent, or PHP7.627 billion, compared to the PHP58.174 billion collection during the same period in 2022. Under Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz's watch, the BOC continues to implement stringent measures to counter illicit trade and Customs fraud. Ruiza said the improvement of trade facilitation and increasing lawful revenue collection is also in line with the directives of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PNA) }
INTERCEPTED. Customs officers seize PHP18.6 million worth of smuggled onions from a vessel during a maritime patrol operation in Barangay Ayala, Zamboanga City on Jan. 25, 2023. The BOC on Tuesday (Jan. 31) said the contraband allegedly came from Taganak, Tawi-Tawi province and is bound for Barangay Baliwasan, Zamboanga City. (Photo courtesy of BOC-Port of Zamboanga) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) - Port of Zamboanga (POZ) has seized PHP18.6 million worth of smuggled onions in a vessel in Zamboanga City last week. In a statement Tuesday, the port said it has intercepted 5,611 mesh bags of imported red onions with an estimated market value of PHP8.5 million and 2,249 mesh bags of imported white onions valued at PHP10.1 million during a maritime patrol operation in Barangay Ayala, Zamboanga City on Jan. 25. The onions are loaded in a vessel marked "MV Princess Nurdisza," which allegedly came from Taganak, Tawi-Tawi province are bound for Barangay Baliwasan. It added that
The Customs bureau said its tariff collections as of January 27 already reached P65.801 billion, surpassing its total revenue target last month of P58.822 billion. The Bureau of Customs (BOC) said its preliminary data showed that tariff collections during the reference period were already 13.1-percent higher than the P58.174 billion…