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MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Monday reported that it has collected more than PHP80 million from selling 96 out of the 304 overstaying containers for the first three month of 2022. Through the Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group and Auction and Cargo Disposal Division units of all BOC Collection Districts nationwide, the bureau earned an aggregate value of PHP80,764,977 from public auction of 96 containers that contained rice and galvanized steel, among others, according to a Facebook post. Aside from public auction, some of the containers were condemned and donated. Thirty-eight containers of twine, yarn droppings, and cuttings were donated to various agencies while 170 containers with used clothing, rotten foodstuff, used oil, used furniture, among others, were condemned from January to March. In relation to Customs Administrative Order No. 17-2019, cargos which weren't withdrawn within the regulatory period of 30 calendar days from payment of duties, taxes, an
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(File photo) MANILA - The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has generated more than PHP500 million from the public auction of more than 2,400 overstaying containers last year. Citing latest data released on Thursday, the BOC said its Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group, together with the Auction and Cargo Disposal (ACD) Division and the ACD units of all collection districts nationwide, was able to dispose of 2,407 containers through condemnation and auction in 2021. The BOC said the public auctions generated PHP555,443,841.75 in earnings from 1,257 containers carrying assorted items, such as rice and galvanized steel. The remaining 1,150 containers of used clothing, rotten food items, used oil, used furniture, and other valueless used articles were condemned or destroyed accordingly. It added that the containers were forfeited after seizure or abandonment proceedings under Sections 1139 and 1141 of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act, which provides for the conditions and modes of