{"id":126684,"date":"2017-10-26T02:51:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T06:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=126684"},"modified":"2017-10-26T02:51:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T06:51:07","slug":"customs-chief-orders-5-day-limit-on-processing-of-cargo-docs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/26\/customs-chief-orders-5-day-limit-on-processing-of-cargo-docs\/","title":{"rendered":"Customs chief orders 5-day limit on processing of cargo docs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: This was after Customs Commissioner Isidro Lape\u00f1a issued Customs Memorandum Order No. 24-2017 setting a “five-day mandatory timeframe to respond to all clients, be it external or internal.” (Photo<\/a>: Commissioner Isidro Lapena\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— Companies transacting business with the Bureau of Customs (BOC) can expect faster processing time of their documents.<\/p>\n

This was after Customs Commissioner Isidro Lape\u00f1a issued Customs Memorandum Order No. 24-2017 setting a “five-day mandatory timeframe to respond to all clients, be it external or internal.”<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunication letters, requests, and other permits shall be acted by the concerned office within five days upon receipt of documents,\u201d Lape\u00f1a said in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The memorandum was signed on Monday in compliance with President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to fast-track processing of documents in government offices.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen there’s delay, there is grease money,” the Customs chief said.<\/p>\n

Lape\u00f1a noted that delays have caused the importers to resort to bribery, noting tnat the latter are “looking for people who can facilitate their shipments and documents.”<\/p>\n

Once shipments are “facilitated”, most of the times they [the importers] resort to benchmarking, one of the reasons why the bureau cannot hit the target set by the Department of Finance, he said.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Lapena ordered the Account Management Office (AMO) to streamline the procedures in the accreditation of importers and brokers.<\/p>\n

Pertaining to AMO as the first show window of the bureau, he criticized the said office for the delays, stressing that it takes a month or two before the documents are released.<\/p>\n

“Once documents are complete, the processing time shall start and it should not exceed five days,” he added.<\/p>\n

With this, the BOC chief urged applicants to report to the Office of the Commissioner if their permits were not yet released by AMO within the 5-day timeframe.<\/p>\n

“The Bureau of Customs is now two steps in eradicating the century-practice of graft and corruption in the agency,” he said.<\/p>\n

The order was also issued pursuant to RA 6713 known as Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards from Public Officials and Employees, RA 9845 or the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007, and SONA Directive No. 2017-0010 of Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco.<\/p>\n

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