Organizational Structure
may be required
PORT OPERATIONS (Bureau of Customs)
1. Piers & Inspection Division (PID)
2. Customs Container Control Division
Auction & Cargo Disposal Division
(CCCD)
3. Auction & Cargo Disposal Division
(ACDD)
4. Common Bonded Warehouse Division
(CBWD)
5. Export Coordination Division (ECD)
Piers & Inspection Division
 In-charge of the boarding formalities &
the entrance and clearance of foreign
vessels
 Supervise & implement “security”
measures in the discharging/loading of
import/export shipments as well as to
incoming/outgoing crew, passenger &
visitors on board such vessels.
Common Bonded Warehouse
 Supervises the receiving, handling,
custody, monitoring, movement and
release of shipments at the
Piers/Customs Zone
Customs Container Control Division
 Monitor all incoming & outgoing
container & trailers chassis
 Supervise stripping/stuffing of all
containers inside or outside customs
zone as the case may be
 Supervise the operations of the
Container Yard/Container Freeport
Station (CY-CFS) outside customs zone
 Submit periodic reports & data that
information as may be required
 Perform other functions consistent with
Export Coordination Division
the assigned tasks
 Disposition of forfeited cargoes & other
cargoes under customs custody
 To maximize the collection of
duties of government revenue
thru the sale of forfeited goods
to generate additional revenue
for the government
 Provide protection of local
industry
 Prevent market disruption
 Provide smooth, orderly &
efficient system of disposition
of forfeited and abandoned
imported article
INTRODUCING: BAY SERVICE SECTION, PID,
 Authorize the transfer of cargoes to be
BOC (BSS) OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE
warehoused in bonded under its
supervision
 Supervise the packing, stuffing &
transfer of finished products for
exportation from CBW to loading points
 Determine imported materials usage
against accepted formula of
manufacture & review of export docs to
establish the fact of exportation of
finished goods
 Maintain systematic records of all CBW
& other entries under supervision
 Submit periodic reports and
 Manage the E2M Export
Documentation System
 Observes current export formalities,
check and verify export documents
declared that those export products
conform to standard grades and
requirements established by the
government.
 Retrieves SAD-ED from E2M database
for selected SAD-ED
 Conduct documents exam for Yellow
Lane tag shipment & conduct physical
examination for Red Lane tag shipment
 Enter in the system results
examinations & re-routes to Green Lane
 Accept payment of CDS & issuance of
ATI
1. Bay Service Section Mandate
Broad function:
 In charge if Boarding
Formalities and the entrance
and clearance of foreign vessels
 Supervises and implements
security measures in the
discharging/loading of
import/export shipment as well
as to incoming/outgoing crew,
passenger and visitors on board
such as vessels.
Specific Functions:
 Receive Notice of Arrival (NOA) and
process
 Conduct Customs Boarding Formalities
and place the vessels and cargoes under
continues supervision and monitoring in
accordance with existing laws, rules and
regulations;
 Issue Entrance and Departure clearance
of vessels
 Keep and update record of vessels data
such as gross and net tonnage as well as
volume of Imports, Exports, Break Bulks
and Transshipment Cargoes;
 Checking of documents that is inward
manifest against the storage plan;
 Control movement of VISITORS through
issuance of “Boarding Pass” to preempt
lawlessness within the ship (i.e.
smuggling, drug trafficking, prostitution,
looting, etc)
 Ensure that all cargoes laden and listed
in the manifest are properly discharge
 Ensure no unauthorized cargoes
shipped “in” and “out” of the country
 Seal Bonded Store
 Perform other functions as directed by
the higher authorities
Notice of Arrival (NOA) with Estimated Time of
Arrival (ETA)
 Shipping Line Agent of any vessels
engage in foreign trade entering any of
the Philippine port of entry shall submit
the Notice of Arrival (NOA) to BSS, PID
at least 24 hours before the arrival of
the vessel for E2M Tagging
 Upon receipt of NOA, E2M Bay Service
personnel in charge shall perform the
following:
1. Verify the vessel registry
number/principal and other
2. Encode the ETA in the E2M Customs
System and affix his signature on
the hardcopy of the NOA
3. Furnish the Customs Boarding Team
a copy of the processed NOA
Assignment of Customs Boarding Team
Chief, BSS issue assignment orders to Customs
Officer, inspector and guard assigned on that
vessels.
 Bureau of Quarantine – conducts
quarantine inspection to ensure NO
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES enters the
port
 After which, they will give the “go
signal” to Customs Officers for Boarding
Formalities
ARRIVAL
 Entrance of Vessel from a Foreign Port
 Document to be produced by the
Master upon entry
 Customs Officer on board receive the
documents duly stamped & signed and
authenticated by the Master of the
vessel
DOCUMENTS DULY SIGNED & CERTIFIED BY
THE MASTER
1. Quarantine Certificate (Pratique)
2. Clearance of vessel from the last
port call
3. Four copies of original Inward
Foreign Manifest duly stamp and
signed by the Master
4. Cargo Stowage Plan or Hatch List
5. Copy of Original Duplicate of Bill of
Lading
6. If passenger vessel, 3 copies of
disembarking passenger and their
baggage declaration
7. One copy of the following ships
documents
 Crew List
 Crew effects declaration
 Passenger list
 Voyage Memo/port calls
 Ship’s store List/Bonded
Store List
 NIL List (Narcotics and
Dangerous Drug
List/Firearms &
Ammunition List/Parcel List)
 Ships particular (Shipping
Article and Registry of the
vessel)
Inward Foreign Manifest & Consolidated Cargo
Manifest
 Bill of landing number
 Marks & numbers (cartoon, drums,
boxes, crates, and other form of
protective packaging (break-bulk)
  Number of packages
 Kind of packages (cartons, boxes,
crates, drums, etc)
 Contents of description of cargoes
 Shipper
 Consignee
 Gross weight in metric tons
 Measurement in cubic meters
 Port of origin
 Notify party
Boarding Sequence
After the issuance of the Quarantine Certificate,
the Boarding Sequence should be observed:
1. Customs Boarding Officer, Customs
Inspector, Customs Guard assigned
to the vessels
2. Immigration Officer
3. Department of Agriculture –
Plant/Animal/Fisheries Quarantine
representative (as required)
Customs Boarding Team on Foreign Vessel
Customs Officer shall place the vessel under
Customs control and supervision by posting a
Customs Inspector and Customs Guard thereon
No person shall be permitted to go on board
such vessel except the pilot, consul, Health
Officials, Immigration and Customs officer
without the permission of the Customs
Inspector on board of the vessel
No tugboat, rowboat, or other watercrafts shall
be allowed to go alongside the vessel to ferry
person to or from the vessel without a permit
from the Collector of Customs or duly
authorized representative
Unauthorized tugboat, rowboat, and other
watercrafts shall keep away from such vessel
engaged in foreign trade at distance of not less
than fifty meters.
Customs Clearance of Foreign Vessel
1. Outward Foreign Manifest (4
copies)
2. Oath of Master in Manifest in
Clearance without Passenger (4
copies)
3. Oath of Master to Foreign Vessel
Clearing without Passenger (4
copies)
4. Clearance of Vessels to Foreign Port
(2 copies)
5. Clearance of Customs Inspector
assigned on board (3 copies)
6. Static Supplemental (4 copies)
7. Bureau of Quarantine Clearance for
Outgoing Vessels
8. Plant Quarantine Clearance
9. Post Office Clearance
10. Request for Customs Clearance by
shipping agency signed by the
11. Customs Inspector concurring that
the vessel in which he is assigned is
ready to sail for foreign port
12. Register and Shipping Articles, if the
vessel is of Philippine Registry
13. Consular Certificate of Entry, if the
vessel is of Foreign Registry, when
required
Customs Inspector
 Supervise discharging & loading of
cargoes
 Responsible for the proper disposal of
all cargoes & stores on board the vessel
 Represent the Customs Service in his
official function
 Stay in the vessel to which he has been
assigned until relieved by proper
authority
 Support quarantine authorities in the
enforcement of port quarantine
regulations
 Familiarize themselves with the
provisions of the Tariff and Customs
code, as amended administrative
orders, etc.
 In case of doubt, refer the mater to
superior for proper disposition
 Honor any order, request, or permit of
any description only from the ff
officials: Commissioner; Deputy
Commissioner; Collector; Deputy
Collector; Chief/Assistant Chief, PID;
Chief, BSS; Customs Senior Boarding
Officer
 Shall see to it that the customs Guards
assigned on the vessel are in complete
uniform, presentable neat & clean.
 Maintain logbook to keep record of
events, during tour of duty.
 Accurate check be secured on all
cargoes discharged and loaded on a
vessel.
  Immediately report to Chief Bay Service
and submit all documents, reports
relative to his assignment.

Preliminaries

 Introduce what Transit is all about

 Transit is practically a new
provision under CMTA it is
covered by Section 600-
602. It has no equivalent
provision under the TCCP as
amended. The term transit
under the TCCP is used
interchangeably with
transshipment. Thus, there
is a need to define the
following terms of purposes
of understanding this
provision.