Customs surpasses February collection goal, hits P43.7 billion
The Bureau of Customs (BOC) reported on Friday, March 2, that it surpassed its revenue collection target for February, posting a surplus of聽P聽1.965聽billion聽as the majority of ports exceeded their revenue goal.
In its press release, Customs Commissioner Isidro Lape帽a cited the initial collection report from the agency鈥檚 Financial Service, which showed that the BOC collected a total of聽P43.674聽billion revenue in February, 41.55% higher than the聽P30.854聽billion collection in the same period last year and 4.7% higher than the聽P41.709聽billion collection goal set for February.
BoC said the growth to the improved collection of the majority of the BOC ports, notably by the revenues generated by the Manila International Container Port (MICP), Port of Manila (POM) and Batangas.
“Majority or 14 out of the 17 ports of the Bureau of Customs exceeded their collection target for the month and this is mainly because of the intensive campaign against corruption and smuggling,” Mr. Lape帽a said in a statement.
