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Senators get briefing on BOC modernization programs
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MANILA – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Monday briefed officials and members of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means (SCWM) and Senate Tax Study and Research Office (STSRO) on its modernization program.
Customs Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz guided Senators Sherwin Gatchalian and Joseph Victor Ejercito, together with SCWM and STSRO officials and members, in an ocular inspection and walkthrough of programs to modernize the bureau.
The BOC chief toured the guests at the Customs Customer Care Center (CCC), X-ray Inspection Program (XIP), and the Customs Operations Center (COC) at the BOC main office in Manila.
BOC officials also held briefings on the Customs Processing Systems, BOC Dashboard, Electronic Value Reference Information System (eVRIS), Philippine Customs Modernization Program (PCMP), and the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Program.
“President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. is adamant to his mandate of the eight-point socioeconomic agenda – the emphasis of which being the prioritization of ensuring sound macroeconomic fundamentals by improving bureaucratic efficiency and ensuring sound fiscal management as well as enhancing the digital economy,” Ruiz said during his welcome remarks.
He added that they are open to the “constructive feedback” of the Senate CWM and the STSRO, aimed at further improving their facilities and “reaching our goal of becoming a modernized and credible Customs Administration among the world’s best”.
Currently, the BOC automated 91 percent of its processes, and as of this year, it has implemented several additional digitalization projects.
Ruiz also assured the expedited implementation of digitalization projects to ensure the efficient delivery of government services and to combat corruption, smuggling, and other fraudulent activities.