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BOC won’t release goods sans marks of port origin

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The Bureau of Customs will not release container goods in ports unless the containers have been marked with the country of origin, to avoid the practice of passing off the shipments as coming from another country.

Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero has issued Customs Administrative Order 02-2019 titled Marking of Imported Goods and Containers which provides for the guidelines on the marking of imported goods with the country of origin, to protect the consumers from the deceptive practice of passing off imported articles as coming from a particular country other than its actual country of origin.   

“No imported goods of foreign origin held in customs custody for inspection, examination or assessment shall be released until such goods or their containers have been marked in accordance with the requirements of CAO, and until the amount of duty assessed to be payable has been deposited,” Guerrero said.

The CAO will also help the bureau monitor the marking duty imposed and collected on the goods through the use of information and communication technology.

The new rule stipulates that “all goods of foreign origin imported into the Philippines or their containers, shall be conspicuously marked in any official language of the Philippines as legibly, indelibly and permanently as the nature of goods or container will permit and in such manner as to indicate to an ultimate purchaser or end-user or consumer in the Philippines the name of the country of origin of the goods.”

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Under said CAO, the character of words and phrases or abbreviation to be used in the marking of imported goods shall be based on the United Nations Terminology Database by means of printing, stenciling, stamping, branding, or labeling.   

When goods cannot be marked under any of the foreign methods, the BOC will allow any method of legible and conspicuous marking such as die stamping, cast-in-the mold lettering, etching (acid or electrolytic), engraving, or by means of metal plates which bear the prescribed marking.

The conduct of marking may be done at the consignee’s warehouse upon request and must be supervised by the Bureau and Department of Trade and Industry representatives, if applicable.   

Imported goods and their containers shall be tagged as abandoned and will be disposed of when the owner failed or refused to mark the goods as required within 30 days after due notice.

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