Published 22 hours ago on July 16, 2020, 03:00 AM
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| Customs agent sorts confiscated illegal medicines as operations at the NAIA intensified during the health emergency period. PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF BOC |
As the nation confronts various challenges through the middle of 2020, the Bureau of Customs’ Port of NAIA operations had sustained efforts to perform its mandate of border protection, trade facilitation, and revenue collection. Although trade had slowed down due to the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NAIA port hard to ensure that the revenue collection is prioritized. From January to June 2020 it earned a total of P15.49 billion in revenues which were achieved partly through the implementation of the One-Stop-Shop and various online processes. In border protection, from January to June 2020, the port seized 23 shipments of illegal drugs amounting to P48.1 million, P1.3 million worth of illegally imported meat products and watches, P2.5 million worth of illegal Chinese medicines and P1.5 million of undeclared currency.
