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                    [Title] => BOC steps up watch vs entry of avian flu
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs is closely monitoring shipments of birds of any kind and poultry products from Japan and Vietnam to prevent the entry into the country of the avian influenza virus, officials said yesterday.


Customs Commissioner Antonio Bernardo said he has alerted all port districts not to release any shipment of birds and poultry products from the two countries after the Department of Agriculture (DA) imposed a temporary ban on their importation.


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                    [Title] => BoC exceeds Dec. target
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs (BoC) collected P9.569 billion in duties and taxes last December, up 17.6 percent from its collection target of P8.127 billion for the month, Customs Commissioner Antonio Bernardo said yesterday. 


As such, the bureau further hiked its total 2003 collection to P106.056 billion, or P6 billion more than its target of P100.056 billion, Bernardo said.


"Compared to 2002, there was an increase of P9.805 billion or 10.2 percent," he said. — Rey Arquiza
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                    [Title] => Customs agents seize ceramics shipment
                    [Summary] => Alert agents of the Customs Intelligence and Enforcement Group (CIEG) scored a major victory yesterday in the government’s campaign against all forms of smuggling with the seizure of 34 40-footer container vans of ceramic tiles that were illegally shipped at the Port of Manila.


Customs Commissioner Antonio Bernardo said that the shipment that arrived over the weekend from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan were declared by their consignees as bathroom fixtures and molds which was an attempt to smuggle and cheat the government of millions of pesos in taxes and duties.


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                    [Title] => P50-M pirated DVDs, VCDs seized at NAIA
                    [Summary] => Some P50 million worth of pirated digital video discs (DVDs) and video compact discs (VCDs) that arrived from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last Sunday were seized by authorities from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).


Col. Joey Yuchongco, Customs police deputy director and project manager of BOC’s scanning unit, said two crates of pirated DVDs and VCDs were misdeclared as turntable accessories by the consignee.


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                    [Title] => BIR, Customs fail to meet collection targets
                    [Summary] => The country’s main revenue collecting agencies, Bureau of Internal Revenue and Bureau of Customs, both failed to reach their collection targets based on their latest respective reporting periods, although government remains confident it would keep its budget deficit target for the entire year.


The BOC missed its monthly target for the first time this year as imports started to decline in August due to the depreciation of the peso that made importation more expensive than previous months. 


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                    [Title] => BOC seizes stolen cars from Taiwan
                    [Summary] => Customs authorities seized the other day nine luxury vehicles that were stolen in Taipei, Taiwan and shipped to Manila to be sold as used cars in the local market.


The seizure of the stolen luxury vehicles was made following a tip from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Makati that a shipment of carjacked vehicles from Taiwan would be shipped to the Port of Manila.


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                    [Title] => BOC condemns big shipment of vegetables from China
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs (BOC) condemned yesterday as unfit for human consumption a shipment of 34 40-footer container vans of vegetables from China.


Customs authorities said the shipment was seized by the bureau after it arrived at the Port of Manila without an import permit from the Department of Agriculture.


The government has banned the importation of vegetables as a matter of policy to protect the local vegetable growers, who have complained that they are losing heavily due to the influx of imported vegetables.


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                    [Title] => BOC tightens rules on items covered by Anti-Dumping Law
                    [Summary] => The Bureau of Customs tightened yesterday the rules on imported articles covered by the Anti-Dumping Law to protect local manufacturers.


On top of the five-percent anti-dumping tax, importers of cov-ered items will be required to secure a certificate of country of origin.


Customs Commissioner An-tonio Bernardo said the certificate of country of origin shall be a man-datory requirement for the release of shipments from the bureau.


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                    [Title] => BOC vows to cooperate in car smuggling probe
                    [Summary] => Customs Commissioner Antonio Bernardo assured the Senate ways and means committee yesterday of its full cooperation in the investigation into the alleged smuggling and undervaluation of brand-new and used luxury vehicles that were brought into the country last year through the port of Manila.


"I have already assured Sen. Ralph Recto, chairman of the Senate ways and means committee, of the bureau’s full cooperation in the investigation of the case," Bernado said.


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                    [Title] => BOC tightens rules on entry of meat products
                    [Summary] => The government has tightened the rules on the entry of imported meat and meat products to protect the local livestock industry.


The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has advised Manila-based agents of international shipping companies not to load animal products bound for the Philippines that are not covered by an import authority permit from the Department of Agriculture (DA) and its concerned bureaus.


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                    [Title] => BOC steps up watch vs entry of avian flu
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Customs Commissioner Antonio Bernardo said he has alerted all port districts not to release any shipment of birds and poultry products from the two countries after the Department of Agriculture (DA) imposed a temporary ban on their importation.


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As such, the bureau further hiked its total 2003 collection to P106.056 billion, or P6 billion more than its target of P100.056 billion, Bernardo said.


"Compared to 2002, there was an increase of P9.805 billion or 10.2 percent," he said. — Rey Arquiza
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Customs Commissioner Antonio Bernardo said that the shipment that arrived over the weekend from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan were declared by their consignees as bathroom fixtures and molds which was an attempt to smuggle and cheat the government of millions of pesos in taxes and duties.


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Col. Joey Yuchongco, Customs police deputy director and project manager of BOC’s scanning unit, said two crates of pirated DVDs and VCDs were misdeclared as turntable accessories by the consignee.


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The seizure of the stolen luxury vehicles was made following a tip from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Makati that a shipment of carjacked vehicles from Taiwan would be shipped to the Port of Manila.


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On top of the five-percent anti-dumping tax, importers of cov-ered items will be required to secure a certificate of country of origin.


Customs Commissioner An-tonio Bernardo said the certificate of country of origin shall be a man-datory requirement for the release of shipments from the bureau.


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"I have already assured Sen. Ralph Recto, chairman of the Senate ways and means committee, of the bureau’s full cooperation in the investigation of the case," Bernado said.


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