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                    [Title] => SBMA imposes $100 import fee per vehicle
                    [Summary] => In a further measure to discourage used vehicle importations, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has imposed a $100 import permit fee per vehicle.


In a talk with reporters, SBMA administrator Armand Arreza said that the SBMA imposed the $100 import permit  fee since October last year.


Thus, from  October to December  2005, the SBMA has been able to collect P11 million already for the importation of 2,200 units.


Arreza clarified that the SBMA did not issue any import permits from June 2004 to October 2005.


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                    [Title] => BOC tightens rules on wheat imports
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now requiring the identification of importers or consignees to avoid the misclassification or misdeclaration of wheat importations by unaccredited flour millers.


Customs Commissioner Antonio Bernardo has subsequently issued the list of 13 legitimate local flour millers and their respective ports of discharge for their importations.


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                    [Title] => Peso fall affects imports — Customs
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs is bracing itself for "rough times ahead" as importers adopt a wait-and-see attitude over the continuous decline of the peso vis-à-vis the dollar.


Customs officials said the high exchange rate of P55.16 to a dollar is discouraging non-traditional importers to import. The non-traditional importers account for about 30 percent of the total volume of importations.


Badly hit by the high exchange rate are manufacturing companies which rely on the importations of raw materials for export of their finished products.


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Thus, from  October to December  2005, the SBMA has been able to collect P11 million already for the importation of 2,200 units.


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                    [Title] => Peso fall affects imports — Customs
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Customs officials said the high exchange rate of P55.16 to a dollar is discouraging non-traditional importers to import. The non-traditional importers account for about 30 percent of the total volume of importations.


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Customs chief dismayed by hog raisers' accusations

By Evelyn Macairan | April 24, 2012 - 12:00am

Customs Commissioner Rufino Biazon yesterday said he was disappointed with the continued accusations that the bureau has done nothing to address the pork and poultry smuggling problem in the country.

Headlines

RP to rely on more rice, corn imports - Yap

By Marianne V. Go | January 26, 2009 - 12:00am

The Philippines will have to rely on more corn and rice imports this year due to possible lower production.

Business

SBMA imposes $100 import fee per vehicle

By Marianne V. Go | April 24, 2006 - 12:00am

In a further measure to discourage used vehicle importations, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has imposed a $100 import permit fee per vehicle. In a talk with reporters, SBMA administrator Armand Arreza...

Business

BOC tightens rules on wheat imports

November 8, 2003 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is now requiring the identification of importers or consignees to avoid the misclassification or misdeclaration of wheat importations by unaccredited flour millers. Customs Commissioner...

Business

Peso fall affects imports — Customs

By Rey Arquiza | August 26, 2003 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Customs is bracing itself for "rough times ahead" as importers adopt a wait-and-see attitude over the continuous decline of the peso vis-à-vis the dollar. Customs officials said the...

Business