Customs chief moves to stop misdeclaration of goods
CUSTOMS Commissioner Isidro Lapeña on Monday ordered customs collectors to subject all shipments of tiles to magna scale amid reports of rampant misdeclaration.
Magna scale is a system of weighing shipments like tiles, break bulk cargoes like steel, logs and cement, or non-containerized shipments whose duties and taxes are assessed by weight.
Under customs rules, tile shipments declared below the minimum ceiling of 22 tons are automatically subjected to magna scale. Tiles are
But if the bureau has set a 22 ton minimum ceiling, some unscrupulous importers declare as low as 15 to 18 tons and still manage to pass customs scrutiny.
Lapeña said all goods should be -
“All tiles (shipments) should be subjected to magna scale for them Customs personnel hold fireworks misdeclared as brackets at the Port of Manila.
He directed Deputy Commissioner Edward Dy Buco of the Assessment and Operations Coordinating Group to issue the corresponding memorandum order, subjecting all tile shipments that were declared below 22 tons to magna scale to determine the correct weight for proper assessment of duties and taxes.
Dy Buco said the correct weight can also be determined through the stowage plan of a particular
“As of now we are addressing that by requiring our operations people to submit the stowage plan of the ships as basis for determining the correct weight of contain
BoC-Port of Manila seized two - taining misdeclared cigarettes and
PoM Collector Veneer Baquiran said the cigarette shipment declared as brackets. It was consigned to Paragon Platinum International Trading Corp. with office address at unit 108, The Centennial Bldg., 375 Escolta St., Binondo Manila.
Baquiran said the cigarettes would be destroyed, while the to Philippine National Police proper disposition.