The Bureau of Customs has intercepted 18 containers from China containing red and yellow onions that were misdeclared as pizza dough during an operation at the Manila International Container Port. | GabrielLaluINQ
The BOC said that Famor has already issued Warrants of Seizure and Detention against the shipments for violating Section 1400 in relation to Section 117 of the R.A. No. 10863 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act .
This is not the first time that smugglers attempted to move onions into the country without securing the required documents: last December, several operations yielded hundreds of tons of onions and other agricultural products, including those at the MICP, which were declared as bread and pastries.Just this January, BOC also foiled an attempt to smuggle onions by concealing them behind used clothing or ‘ukay-ukay’.
“The BOC shall continue to maximize its intelligence resources and capabilities and intensify enforcement measures against unscrupulous importers and their cohorts to combat smuggling attempts, especially those involving agricultural goods which are inimical to our local farmers and businesses,” he said.The country’s recent smuggling woes have prompted several Congressional investigations. Last January 24, the House of Representatives Committee on ways and means chair and Albay 2nd District Rep.
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