(Photo courtesy of BOC) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Thursday reported the destruction of assorted smuggled agricultural products worth over PHP101 million in Pampanga. In a statement, Port of Subic District Collector Maritess Martin said the illegal products such as onions, carrots, fish, and other seafood were found inside 14 pieces of 40-footer containers with a total value of PHP101.13 million consigned to the various consignees such as Zhenpin Consumer Goods Trading, Gingarnion Agri Trading, and Schnell Wert OPC. The shipments were seized by the Port of Subic for violation of various Department of Agriculture Administrative Orders and Circulars, Section 1400 (misdeclaration), concerning Section 1113 (f) of the Republic Act 10863 otherwise known as the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA). The agricultural products have been destroyed through rendering, shredding, dumping, and thermal decomposition in an accredited non-hazardous waste disposal facility in Pampanga
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) should file charges against four companies that are known to be “repeat offenders” of agricultural smuggling in the country. Senator Risa Hontiveros made the call as she pressed Customs officials to submit an investigative report on why repeat violators of smuggling r
SENATE probers looking into unabated smuggling of agriculture products pressed the Bureau of Customs to render a report on brazen “repeat violators” moving contraband produce into the country’s ports. Senator Risa Hontiveros, at the hearing of the Senate convening as a Committee of the Whole, asked the Bureau of Customs…