PASSENGER SERVICE: CLEARANCE OF

INBOUND PASSENGERS/CREW AND

THEIR BAGGAGE AT DAVAO
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
with a discussion on Foreign Currency Declaration

Atty. Mohammad Ben-Usman

Chief, Airport Operations Unit - Davao International Airport

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 I. SCOPE:
This process applies to all travelers, crew and their
baggage arriving to Davao from international airports.
Travelers, crew, and baggage processing procedure
involves Customs clearance activities undertaken
from the conduct of non-intrusive inspection by X-Ray
Inspection Project (XIP) until the travelers, crew and
their baggage are cleared by Customs Operations
Officer (COO) III.
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 II. RESPONSIBLE CUSTOMS OFFICERS
• Customs Operations Officer III (COO III)
• Customs Operations Officer V (COO V)
• Cashier/Collecting Officer
• District Collector/Authorized Customs Official
• Duty Collector/Authorized Representative
• Warehouseman
• X-ray Inspection Officer (XIP) Inspector

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 III. PROCESS FLOWCHART

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 Conducts and non- intrusive
inspection and image analysis
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of checked-in and hand
carried baggage of travelers

X-Ray Inspectors
and crew.

NO Marked/ YES
Tagged?
Checks the information given by the
The traveler/crew and traveler/crew, requests the
his/her baggage is presentation of the passport and
immediately cleared supporting documents, and
from customs conducts physical examination of
FINGDINGS the baggage.
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With payment of duties and taxes: With issuances of Re- With declaration of Foreign Currency:
export Commitment Form Issues FCDF to the traveler/crew and
With issuance of Held requires them to fill out and sign the
Assess the duties and taxes (RECF):
Baggage Receipt: form. Checks and verifies the
payable on the goods, makes a Issues RECF and requires information in the FCDF, sign the
report of the findings in the CBDF the traveler/crew to fill same and clears the traveler/crew
and signs the same. out and signs the same. and his baggage.

With permit or
Makes a report of his/her
sufficient cash 1
2 for payment of
findings in the RECF and duties and taxes.
COO III

assesses the duties &

taxes payable as cash bond YES NO
on the goods and signs the
same.
Issues Held baggage
The traveler/crew and Receipt (HBR) Form and
his/her baggage are requires the
3 cleared from Customs. traveler/crew to fill-out
and sign the same.

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Makes a report on findings
4 on the HBR and affixes

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Reviews the findings and

Reviews the findings of the Reviews the HBR filled-out
assessment made by the
COO III. by the traveler/crew.
COO III.

With With With

COO V discrepancy? discrepancy? discrepancy?

Affixes signature on
Signs the RECF and
the CBDF and HBR
Affixes signature & forward the same to
Returns the RECF to Returns the CBDF and forwards to the
Returns to COO III. returns the CBDF to the District Collector
COO III. and HBR to COO III. Duty Collector or
the COO III. or Authorized
Authorized
Representatives.
Personnel.

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Duty Collector/
Authorized
Personnel

Affixes signature on
HBR and returns to
7 COO III.
Authorized Customs
District Collector/

Approves and signs

the RECF and
Officer

returns the same to

COO III.

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Accompanies the traveler/crew
and forwards the CBDF to the
Collecting Officer.
COO III
Verifies the receipt presented
and clears the traveler/crew and
his/her baggage.
Collecting Officer
Cashier/
Accepts payment, issues the
Bureau of Customs Official
Receipt (BCOR) and sign the
same.
Warehouseman
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Receives and forwards HBR and
Accompanies the traveler/crew
accomplished CBDF together
to the Collecting Officer for
with the baggage to the
payment of security bond.
warehouseman for safekeeping.
Checks the receipt and gives the
pink copy of RECF to the Gives the original white copy of
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traveler/crew. Clears them and the HBR to the traveler/crew END
releases their baggage. and clears the same.
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Accepts the cash bond, issues
the original BCOR to the
traveler/crew, retains the yellow
copy of the RECF and returns the
other copies to COO III.
Receives the held baggage for
safekeeping and records the
same.
 IV. REFERENCES:
● Bureau of Customs Citizen’s Charter 2021 Edition
● Airport Operations Manual 2017 Edition
● Republic Act 10863 “Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA)”
● CAO 01-2017 “Customs Clearance of Accompanied and Unaccompanied
Baggage of Travelers and Crew”
● CMO 6-2007 “Implementing Guidelines on Customs X-Ray Inspection
Project”
● CMC 175-2018 “Local and Foreign Currencies Cross-Border Transport”
● BSP Circular No. 308 S. 2001 Amended BSP Circular No. 507 S. 2006
● OCOM Memo No. 104-2021 “Foreign Currency Declaration and Reporting”

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 V. FOREIGN CURRENCY
For departing travelers or crew carrying foreign currency in
excess of USD10,000 or equivalent, they must submit CBDF and
accomplish a FCDF.
For the processing of CBDF of arriving or departing
traveler/crew member carrying Philippine currency in excess of
P50,000, a prior written authorization from BSP must be submitted
to BOC.
For the processing of CBDF of arriving or departing
traveler/crew member carrying Philippine currency in excess of
P50,000, a prior written authorization from BSP must be submitted
to BOC.
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 Provisions of the Supplemental MOA

1. A Customs Desk for FCD shall be installed at the Departure Area of all international airports
and major seaports manned by the Customs Personnel;

2. At the Customs Arrival Area in all international airports and major seaports, the
Customs Desk for FCD Form shall be located at a designated counter adjacent to or
before the regular examination lane for customs clearance of incoming/arrival
passengers/crew;

3. For the exportation and importation of Philippine legal tender currencies in excess of
(Php50,000.00), the BSP authorization shall be filed at the Export or Import
Division or Unit of the Customs in the port of exit or entry; and

4. For the regular exportation or importation of bulk foreign currencies, the FCD Form
shall be accomplished by the shipper’s authorized officer and filed at the Export or
Import Division or Unit of the Customs in the port of exit or entry;
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